SERBIA-HOLY SEE

No.

1
Name of Treaty:

Protocol Relating to Talks Conducted between Representatives of the Government of the SFRY and Representatives of the Holy See

Date of signing: June 25, 1966
Date of ratification: July 13, 1966
Date of Coming into Force:  
Date of publication: Supplement of the Official Gazette of the SFRY No. 11/1966
Apstract:

ON THE BASIS OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE REGULATION OF THE STATUS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IS BASED IN THE SFRY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SFRY GUARANTEES TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN YUGOSLAVIA A FREE PURSUIT OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS AND PERFORMANCE OF RITES, AND WILL RESPECT THE COMPETENCIES OF THE HOLY SEE IN EXERCISING ITS JURISDICTION OVER THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN YUGOSLAVIA IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS AND IN ISSUES OF AN ECUMENICAL AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IF THEY ARE NOT CONTRARY TO THE INTERNAL SYSTEM OF THE SFRY