Italian Catholic Action - Italian Catholic Action

...Furthermore, the Concordat gave the Church a privileged position in Italy. It stipulated that the clergy be exempt from military conscription, that they could refuse to take oaths or testify, that clergy who had been punished by church law could not hold public office, that religious institutions such as dioceses be given legal personality, that the national organization of believers, the Italian Catholic Action, be recognized, that the Church controlled marriages, and that religious education was compulsory in primary and secondary schools. The Lateran Accords won overwhelming support in a national referendum (98.4% of valid votes), and the Fascist regime succeeded in increasing its prestige, but from the perspective of the completion of a totalitarian state, it can be said that the Church's autonomy came at a heavy price. ...

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…さらに政教協約は教会にイタリア国内での特権的地位を与えた。すなわち聖職者の徴兵免除や宣誓･証言拒否権，教会法上の処分を受けた聖職者の公職就任禁止，司教区など宗教機関の法人格や全国的信者組織〈イタリア･カトリック･アクション〉の承認，教会の婚姻統制，小･中学校での義務宗教教育などが定められた。ラテラノ協定は国民投票で圧倒的支持(有効投票の98.4％)を獲得，ファシスト体制は威信を高めることに成功したが，全体主義国家の完成という見地からは教会の自律性を許したことで大きな代償を支払ったといえよう。…

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