Briand-Ceretti Agreement: Difference between revisions

This agreement saw the resolution of an impasse whereby the Vatican had refused to recognise the Associations CultuellesCulturelles votedcreated inby the [[1905 legislationFrench law inon the spiritSeparation of the 1901Churches and the State]] extending the [[Loi1901 surFrench leslaw Associationson associations]]; andthese laws had been accepted by the Jewish and Protestant religious bodies. The agreement made possible the forming of Associations Diocésaines with members appointed by the bishops.

In the case of the [[Concordat]] dioceses of [[Strasbourg]] and [[Metz]] it ishas remained the [[French President]] who, after consultations with the Vatican, makes the appointmentappointments of diocesan bishops, which are published in the ''[[Journal officiel de la République Française]]''.

The Briand-Cerretti agreement came after the forced retirement of the Benedictine [[bishop of Metz]], [[Willibrord Benzler]], in 1919 and only provides a very vague analogy for the depositions at the [[Liberation of France]].

Among the many consequences of this agreement was the reticencereluctance to appoint ordinaries likely to call into question the spoliations and expropriations that the French church underwent between [[1790]] and [[1905]]. The veto has been rarely used but its existence induces caution in [[nunciature]] circles when proposing candidates. Disagreements are known from time to time to occur, (e.g. aas referencementioned by the former ambassador to the Vatican, Jean Guégenou, on France-Culture on 13 July 2009). The system also indirectly ensures that, almost without exception, [[French citizens]] alone are employed in Catholic administration and schools in France.