NEWSITALY The commitment of the Sicilian Church in the fight against the Mafia. The refusal of the Archbishop of Catania to grant ecclesiastical funeral rites for the mob boss Nitto Santapaola. (Fabio Balsamo)
NEWSITALY Does reviewing a religious service in a sarcastic tone constitute the crime of vilification? The case of the TikToker from Ravenna “Taylorismo” (Fabio Balsamo)
Index
Presentation
Catholic Church
- Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Act 2025 (UNITED KINGDOM)
(Established Church – Church of Scotland – Anticatholic laws)
- Cour de Cassation. Assemblée plénière, 4 april 2025, n. 681 B+R (FRANCE)
(canon law – separation between Church and State – Lack of jurisdiction)
Judaism
- Path to progressive Judaism (UNITED KINGDOM)
(Judaism – female rabbinate – patrilineal transmission)
- S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affaire Logsdon vs Woods, of 28 march 2025 (USA)
(Kasherut – religious freedom in jail – privacy)
Islam
-VwG Trier, n. 9/K/4557/24, of 25 february 2025, VwG Berlin, n. 11/K/61/24, of 27 january 2025, OVwG Berlin-Brandenburg, n. 1/N/17/25, of 25 april 2025 (GERMANY)
(Niqab – road safety – identification)
- Provisional Constitutional Declaration, of 13 march 2025 (SYRIA)
(Costitution – Religious freedom - منظمة التعاون الإسلامي, Munaẓẓamat al-taʿāwun al-islāmī - Organization of the Islamic Cooperation)
Freedom of worship
- Crimes Amendment (Places of Worship) Bill 2025 (AUSTRALIA)
(criminal protection of religions – protection of religious sentiment – protection of ministers of religion)
Religious Freedom
- S. Supreme Court, affaire Mahmoud vs. Taylor, of 27 juny 2025 (USA)
(school exemption – parents’ right to educate their children – neutrality in schools))
- Texas, Law SB11, of 20 juny 2025 (USA)
(Daily opportunity for prayer and Bible reading at school – Establishment clause – school neutrality)
- Georgia, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, of 3 april 2025 (USA)
(individual religious practice – collective interest – government assistance)
Proselytism
- Texas, Law 965, of 20 juny 2025 (USA)
(libertà di propaganda religiosa – superiore interesse statale – enti pubblici)
Teaching religion at school
- Texas, Law 1049, of 20 juny 2025 (USA)
(freedom of religious propaganda – higher state interest – public bodies)
Religious symbols
- S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, affaire “Roake vs Brumley”, of 20 juny 2025 (USA)
(The Ten Commandments – public school – Louisiana)
- Texas, Law SB10, of 20 juny 2025 (USA)
(The Ten Commandments – public school – Texas)
State secularism
- Law n. 17 of 21 january 2025 (KIRGHIZISTAN)
(Niqab – burqa - منظمة التعاون الإسلامي, Munaẓẓamat al-taʿāwun al-islāmī - Organization of the Islamic Cooperation)
