CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS FOR A CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE VATICAN AND YUGOSLAVIA

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 8, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTE IGENC'AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Italy/Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Current Negotiations for a Concordat
between the Vatican and Yugoslavia
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DATE DISTR. 8 December 1948
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1. Pope Pius XII personally is directing negotiations currently taking place
for a concordat between the Vatican and Yugoslavia. The representative of
the Yugoslav Gosrernnt engaged in the negotiations is assisted by a reli-
gious adviser. Initial contact was established on the Vatican's initiative,
the end of October, 1948, through the Italian 11inistry of Foreign Affairs
and the Yugoslav Legation, in Rome.
3. The Vatican is raising "the following points for negotiation:
a. Conclusion of a new concordat to replace the one abrogated
by the Yugoslavs ;
As preliminary, the Vatican insisted on some guarantee of good faith on the
part of the Yugoslav Gov?rnmont. As a result, the latter eventually agreed
to release all Yugoslav churchmen still in prison an political charges and
to offer compensation for damages. The nature of the compensation was left
unspecified, but it was agreed that it might take the form of restoration
of church property or the extension of certain privileges, before the agree-
ment was announced officially,
Repeal by the Yugoslavs of all anti-religious laws, pnro
ticularly those against the Raman Catholic church, in
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Equality of the Roman Catholic church,, in Yugoslavia, with
all other ch+sr,hes and complete freedom of Catholics to
perform religious duties; and
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d. Recognition by Yugoslavia of the danger of subordinating
the Serbian and other orthodox sects, in Yugoslavia, to
the Russian grand synod.
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Yugoslav Governn*nont has made the following dariands:
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ab The ".'atican shall expressly forbid all political acti-
vity on the part of tho Roman Catholic church, in
Yugoslavia.-
b6 The Roman Catholic church shall limit its propaganda to
those areas in which the catholics are in the majority;
and
If the Yugoslav Government agrees to adopt a more favor-
able attitude toward religion, the Vatican shall refrain
from any public reaction likely to undermine the Govern-
ment's authority.
5o The Vatican, it is reported, anticipates the greatest contention to be the
question of the return of church property.
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