Funding to the Italian Catholic Church from the Italian state includes direct funding and other types of economic and financial burdens, including:
- the otto per mille (Eight per thousand, shares allocated and distribution of unallocated shares)[1]
- funding for non-State-owned Catholic schools and universities
- differentiated funding and contracting for Catholic religious education teachers in public schools
- funding for Catholic media
- funding for infrastructure owned and used by the Vatican State
- funding for religious assistance in public hospitals
- tax exemptions and concessions[2]
These funds and charges are arranged both by bilateral agreements held by the Italian Republic and the Vatican State, such as the Lateran Pacts and related revisions (Agreement of Villa Madama) and customs conventions,[3] and by Italian national[4] and local laws.[5]
- ^ Mitchell, Travis (2019-04-30). "In Western European Countries With Church Taxes, Support for the Tradition Remains Strong". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Berry, Jason (March 11, 2013). "Religious Funding in Italy and America". pulitzercenter.
- ^ "Convenzione Doganale Italo-Vaticana del 20 giugno 1930" (PDF).
- ^ "Leggi statali a favore della Chiesa". I costi della Chiesa (in Italian).
- ^ "Leggi locali a favore della Chiesa". I costi della Chiesa (in Italian).
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