2012-10-13 18:10:48

Holy See signs agreement with Republic of Equatorial Guinea


October 13, 2012: The Holy See on Saturday signed an Agreement on relations between the Catholic Church and the State with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. The signing took place in an annex to the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in the city of Mongomo, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and numerous government authorities.
Archbishop Piero mo Poplar, Titular Archbishop of Torcello and Apostolic Nuncio in Equatorial Guinea, signed the document for the Holy See while Agapito Mba Mokuy, Minister of Foreign Affairs represented the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
The agreement, which has 19 articles and an Additional Protocol, will come into force once the instruments of ratification are exchanged.
Among other things, the agreement guarantees the legal personality of the Church and its institutions. The agreement also covers the canonical marriage, places of worship, educational institutions, the spiritual assistance to the Catholic faithful in hospitals and prisons.








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