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 inlaw on 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 appointments of diocesan bishops, which are published in the ''[[Journal Officielofficiel de la République Française]]''.

The Briand-CerettiCerretti agreement wascame posterior toafter the forced retirement of the saintly 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 reluctance 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.

The 1926 agreement also involved the maintenance of [[liturgical honours]], such as (seating, and incensing), paid to French consular personnel in the former Ottoman territories., Thisas practiceat isthe now[[Consulate believedGeneral toof haveFrance fallenin into abeyanceJerusalem]].

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