Lovanio: Incontro di studio “Lessons from transformations of Church and State relations in Central and Eastern Europe between 1990 and 2014” (1 aprile 2014)

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Professor Rik Torfs, rector of the KU Leuven and
Professor Marco Ventura, Faculty of Canon Law,
have the honour to invite you to the lecture

Separation of Church and State.
Lessons from transformations of Church and State relations in Central and Eastern Europe between 1990 and 2014

by
Professor Szablocs Anzelm Szuromi, O. Praem.
Rector of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest

on Tuesday 1 april 2014 at 5 p.m.
College De Valk, grote vergaderzaal (DV1 00.11)
Tiensestraat 41 in Leuven.

A reception will be offered in the entrance hall of College De Valk.

Abstract

In the last fifteen years Central and Eastern European countries have established the legal conditions under which the Church and the State endeavor to secure the respect of the freedom of conscience and religion, as well as the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination on religious grounds. The lecture discusses the model of "cooperative" or "supportive" separation resulting from law and religion developments in the area. Special attention will be paid to the agreements stipulated by the Holy See with Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Programme

Chair: Professor Doctor Marco Ventura

5.00 p.m. Welcome, Professor Doctor Rik Torfs

5.15 p.m. Lecture, Professor doctor Anzelm Szuromi Szabolcs, O. Praem.

6.00 p.m. Discussion

6.30 p.m. End

6.30 p.m. Reception

Please confirm by preference your attendance before March 31st, 2014
to Fac.Canon@law.kuleuven.be or +32 16 32 52 48.

More information can be found on the faculty's website.