The Catholic Church and the Nation-State: Comparative Perspectives

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Vatican Documents with Relevance to Church–State Issues Documents of the Second Vatican Council Constitutions Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), 1965 Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church), 1965 Declarations Dignitatis Humanae (Decree on Religious Freedom), 1965 Nostra Aetate (Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions), 1965 Decrees Apostolicam Actuositatem (Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People), 1965 Christus Dominus (Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops), 1965 Inter Mirifica (Decree on the Media of Social Communications), 1963 Unitatis Redintegratio (Decree on Ecumenism), 1964 Nonconciliar Documents Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae (On Catholic Universities), 1990 Apostolic Exhortations Ecclesia in Asia (Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to the Church in Asia), 1999 Appendix A 259 Ecclesia in Europa (Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to the Church in Europe), 2003 Familiaris Consortio (On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World), 1981 Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women), 1987 Encyclicals Centesimus Annus (On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum), 1991 Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), 1991 Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth), 1968 Lamentabili Sane (Syllabus Condemning the Errors of Modernists), 1907 Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress), 1961 Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), 1963 Populorum Progressio (On the Progress of Peoples), 1967 Quadragesimo Anno (On the Reconstruction of the Social Order), 1931 Quantra Cura (Syllabus of Errors of Pius IX), 1864 Redemptoris Missio (On the Permanent Validity of the Church’s Missionary Mission), 1991 Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of the Working Classes), 1891 Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern), 1987 Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth), 1993 260 Appendix A 261 Appendix B. Religious Concentration of the Countries Considered in this Volume Atheist/Agnostic/ Country Population Catholic Protestant Jewish Muslim Hindu Animist/Tribal Other No Religion % Angola 11,190,786 38.00 15.00 47.00 0 Brazil 186,112,794 73.60 15.40 1.70 1.80 7.4 Chile 15,980,912 89.00 11.00 Negligible China 1,306,313,812 3–4 (Christian)a 1.00 92–98 Congo, Republic of 3,030,126 42.65 7.35 2.00 48.00 East Timor 1,040,880 90.00 3.00 4.00 0.50 2.50 France 60,656,178 83–88 2.00 1 5–10 4 (unaffiliated) India 1,080,264,388 1.58 0.72 13.4 80.5 1.8 Ireland 4,015,676 88.4 3 (Church of Ireland); other Christian: 1.6 1.5 Ireland, Northern 1,700,000 40.26 45.57 13.88 (not stated) Italy 58,103,033 97.00 3.00 Poland 38,635,144 89.8 1.6 (Protestant and Eastern Orthodox) 0.3 Portugal 10,566,212 94.00 Rwanda 8,440,820 56.50 26 4.60 0.10 1.70 Spain 40,341,462 94.00 6.00 (Muslims and Jews) United States 295,734,134 24.00 52.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 a Where the data do not indicate a distinction between Catholics and other Christians, that fact is noted by placing the percentage of Christians in the Protestant column with a notation that the percentage refers to all Christians. Source: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, World Fact Book, 2005. This page intentionally left blank 1800–23: Pius VII serves as 251st pope 1801: Concordat between France and Rome reestablishing the Church after the French Revolution 1823–29: Leo XII serves as 252nd pope 1829–30: Pius XIII serves as 253rd pope 1831–46: Gregory XVI serves as 254th pope 1846–78: Pius IX serves as 255th pope for 31 years, second longest in history 1857: The antiforeigner and anti-Catholic “Know-Nothings” gain influence in the United States 1869–70: First Vatican Council, or Vatican I 1878–1903: Leo XIII serves as 256th pope 1891: Rerum Novarum issued (on the need to improve labor conditions for workers) 1903–14: Pius X serves as 257th pope 1914–22: Benedict XV serves as 258th pope 1922–39: Pius XI serves as 259th pope 1929: Lateran Pact between the Vatican and Italy, establishing Vatican City as a city-state 1931: Quadresimo Anno (on the need for the reconstruction of a more just and equitable social order) 1939–58: Pius XII serves as...