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1197:, in a case brought by an Italian mother who wanted her children to have a secular education, ruled against the display of crucifixes in the classrooms of Italian state schools. It found that 'The compulsory display of a symbol of a given confession in premises used by the public authorities… restricted the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their convictions' and that it restricted the 'right of children to believe or not to believe'. This ruling was in marked contrast with the position of the Italian courts that had ruled in 2005 that crucifixes were allowed to be present in polling stations and, in 2006, that display of crucifixes in state schools was allowed on the basis that the crucifix symbolised core Italian social values. 1251: 2026: 1363:. The fact that the Catholic Church has influence on political parties is object of debate among those who favour the independence of politics and in particular among those whose views on divorce, abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriages are opposed to Christian ethics and in particular to 1179:
Various laws enacted during the Fascist period remained in force, however, and a number of trials took place involving Pentecostals and Jehovah's Witnesses. This changed in 1955 with the advent of the
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A 2021 study by the independent Center for Studies of New Religions (CESNUR) estimated that 74.5% of the population were Catholic, 15.3% atheist or agnostic, 4.1% non-Catholic Christian, 3.7%
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Controversy however remains, particularly abroad, over certain Fascist-era laws about crucifixes that are still in force and that have not been declared unconstitutional. In 2009 the
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but declared that other existing confessions were tolerated in conformance with the laws. This declaration led rapidly to the opening of the ghettoes and the emancipation of the
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and of German occupation of much of the peninsula, many Jews, as well as non-Jew political dissidents and even Catholic priests, were deported to the Nazi death camps.
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The Kingdom of Italy inherited in effect the Piedmontese-Sardinian constitution and on 18 March 1871 a major advance in religious freedom in the country was made by an
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could not be printed without episcopal permission; religious propaganda was also prohibited by the state. Nevertheless, in the years leading up to the
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All have the right to profess freely their own religious faith in whatever form , provided that the rites are not contrary to morality. (Article 19)
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In 1984, following a revised accord with the Vatican, Catholicism lost its status as the official religion of the Italian state and Italy became a
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which abolished or modified legislation on relevant matters which it found inconsistent with the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.
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All citizens have equal social dignity and are equal before the law, without distinction of , religion (Article 3)
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The 1947 Constitution of the Italian Republic enshrined religious freedoms in passages including the following:
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of 1929. Other Christian denominations and other religions, however, faced renewed repression. In 1935 the
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the practice of religions other than Catholicism was punishable by imprisonment or exile.
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the Kingdom of Sardinia was more tolerant than other states on the peninsula: in the
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All religious confessions are equally free before the law. (Article 8)
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In 2023, the country was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.
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which established that all religions should be treated equally.
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are historically few. A few Protestants, such as two-time
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were declared prejudicial to the integrity of the race.
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between the state and the Catholic Church, known as the
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Religious freedom in Italy
Freedom of religion
Laicism
Religious discrimination
Religious censorship
Religious liberty
Religious pluralism
Secularism
Separation of church and state
Anti-clericalism
School prayer
Catholic priests in public office
Confessionalism
Theocracy
State religion
Secular state
Confessional state
Atheist state
Status by country
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad

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