Concordat appeal rejected by court
With two dissenting votes, the Supreme Court decreed that the legislation by which the National Congress approved the Concordat with the Vatican in 1954 was within Constitutional grounds. With this decision, the SJC rejected the petition for a decree of unconstitutionality brought by an Evangelical group, the Healthy and Eternal Life Ministry of Jesus on 11 July 2006. The decision says that while it is true that the state is obliged to provide lessons in Religion and Catholic Morals in its primary and secondary schools, it in no way prohibits teaching other religions in the schools, nor has evidence been shown that this has been blocked by agreements in the Concordat itself. The SCJ held the criteria that while the petitioning congregations do not have the experience in bookkeeping and registration of marriages and other sacraments that has been shown by the Catholic Church, and for which it is held [...]
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