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PAPAL CONCORDAT This often included both recognition and privileges for the Catholic Church in a particular country. Privileges might include influence on the structure and direction of state education, exemptions from certain legal matters and processes, and issues such as taxation and government funding directed to the Church, as well as the ability of a state to influence the selection of Bishop s within its territory. Although formally the name concordat was last used in 1980, secular organisations still report the use of concordats and similar type agreements between the Catholic Church and both national countries and bodies such as the EU1. A concordat is just one means that the Vatican will use to seek to influence political decisions taken by governments. The Catholic Church has been particularly vocal on issues of Abortion in Ireland and Portugal, and in attempting to introduce references to Christianity in to the prospective EU Constitution . Less high profile are agreements concerning taxation and state funding of Catholic institutions. UNITED KINGDOM The term is also used for agreements setting out the framework for co-operation between . LIST OF CONCORDATS
This type of formal agreement is generally no longer used by the Vatican, the last classic concordat, with Spain, having expired in 1980 . A different model of relations between the Catholic Church and states is still evolving in the wake of the Second Vatican Council 's Declaration on Religious Liberty, '' Dignitatis Humanae ''. REFERENCES |
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