Concordat
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A concordat is an agreement between the pope and a government or sovereign on religious matters. This often included both recognition and privileges for the Catholic Church in a particular country, as well as the ability for a state to influence the selection of bishops within their territory.
- Concordat of Worms (1122) between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V
- Concordat of 1801 between Pope Pius VII and Napoléon
- Concordat of 1925 between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland
- Lateran treaties (1929) between Italy and Pope Pius XI formally defining the Vatican City
- Reichskonkordat (1933) between the Holy See and the Third Reich
- Concordat of 1940 with the Portuguese government under Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
- Concordat of 1953 with Franco's Spain
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 Libetry, Dignitatis Humanae.
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