Concordat of 1953

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The Concordat of 1953 was an agreement between Francoist Spain and the Vatican that granted the Catholic Church extensive privileges and influence in Spanish political and social life.

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Concordat of 1953 canonical 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concordat
international agreement
treaty
affectedDomain Spanish cultural life
Spanish education
Spanish family law
Spanish social policy
cameIntoForce 1954
countryParty Spain
Vatican City
dateSigned 1953-08-27
grantedPrivilege economic support from Spanish state
immunity for certain Church properties
influence over Spanish education system
influence over Spanish social policy
influence over censorship policy
grantedPrivilegesTo Catholic Church in Spain
Spanish episcopate
grantedRight Church control over ecclesiastical appointments
Church control over marriage law for Catholics
censorship rights over religious publications
control over religious education in schools
military chaplaincy under Church control
privileged legal status for clergy
state subsidies to Catholic Church
tax exemptions for Church institutions
ideologicalContext National Catholicism
jurisdiction Spain
language Latin
Spanish
laterModifiedBy 1976 agreement between Spain and Holy See
laterReplacedBy 1979 agreements between Spain and Holy See
legalStatusGranted Catholicism as state religion of Spain
limitedFreedomOf non-Catholic religious groups in Spain
locationSigned Vatican City
politicalFunction integration of Church into Francoist state
legitimization of Francoist dictatorship
politicalRegimeParty Francoist dictatorship
linked to: Francoist Spain
predecessor Concordat of 1851
recognizedReligionAsOfficial Roman Catholicism
regulatedRelationsBetween Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Spanish State
linked to: Kingdom of Spain
religiousTradition Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
replaced earlier agreements between Spain and Holy See
signedBetween Francoist Spain
Holy See
Vatican City
strengthenedPositionOf Francisco Franco
Francoist regime
linked to: Francoist Spain
timePeriod Cold War
Francoist Spain

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