Public funding of the Catholic Church in Italy

Funding to the Italian Catholic Church from the Italian state includes direct funding and other types of economic and financial burdens, including: the otto per mille (Eight per thousand, shares allocated and distribution of unallocated shares) funding for non-State-owned Catholic schools and universities differentiated funding and contracting for Catholic religious education teachers in public schools funding for Catholic media funding for infrastructure owned and used by the Vatican State funding for religious assistance in public hospitals tax exemptions and concessions These funds and charges are arranged both by bilateral agreements held by the Italian Republic and the Vatican State, such as the Lateran Pacts and related revisions (Agreement of Villa Madama) and customs conventions, and by Italian national and local laws. == Education and research == === Public non State-owned Catholic schools === The following are exempt from the tax: [...]i) real estate used by the persons referred to in Article 87, paragraph 1, letter c), of the unified text of income taxes, approved by Presidential Decree No.

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