Concordats after Franco
When Franco died in 1975 Spain became a constitutional monarchy. The next year Franco's concordat was modified and then in 1979 there followed four new concordats.
Concordat translations provided by the Spanish Government have been posted online in English:
- Modifications to the concordat of 1953 (signed 28 July, ratified 19 August 1976)
This largely rescinds Franco's royal privilege of helping select bishop the rights, first conceded in Articles 1-5 of the 1941 Convention and confirmed in Article 7 of Franco's 1953 Concordat. It also reduces the legal immunity of clerics to criminal law set forth in Article 16 of Franco's Concordat.
- Agreement on legal affairs (signed 3 January, ratified 4 December 1979)
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Agreement on education and cultural affairs (signed 3 January, ratified 4 December 1979) There has been heated opposition to this concordat under the motto: Religion in the schools? No, thank you! (¿Religión en la escuela? ¡No, gracias!) - Agreement on the armed forces (signed 3 January, ratified 4 December 1979)
- Agreement on economic affairs (signed 3 January, ratified 4 December 1979) In Article 2 the Church promises to pay its own way within three years, but a quarter of a century after the deadline has passed, it is still demanding money every year from the Spanish Government.
