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At the new year the Hungarians passed a new constitution with some real changes that will affect the Church and other ecclesial communities, including non-Christian groups. The New York Times ran the article that outlines the changes giving the impression that even the Hungarians are unable to name all the changes. What caught my eye thanks to Brother Richard of OSB.org, when he first posted a note on his FB page that some venerable religious orders like the Benedictines and the Carmelites and a group like the Opus Dei are now downgraded in terms of the law. But why? What does the Hungarian government gain by doing such and what are the long-term implications for the Benedictines and Carmelites? Why weren’t the states of the Dominicans and Jesuits changed? Some of what happened is noted here:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n “With the “But it is worth lingering on the newly A Benedictine from Hungary writes At the new year the Hungarians passed a new constitution with some real changes that will affect the Church and other ecclesial communities, including non-Christian groups. The New York Times ran the article that outlines the changes giving the impression that even the Hungarians are unable to name all the changes. What caught my eye … Continue reading Hungary changes constitution, status of some religious orders changes in the law<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,62],"tags":[32089,2074,1999,1989,1794],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nnew year, as the new constitution goes into effect, all petitions to the
\n[Constitutional] Court lapse and it becomes much harder for anyone to challenge
\nthis law — or any other.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nre-enacted law on the status of churches because it is one of the places where
\nwe can clearly see the effects of the new constitutional order on the
\nprotection of constitutional rights. What does the law on churches do?<\/b> It
\ncreates 14 state-recognized religions<\/u>, and decertifies the rest<\/u>. On January 1,
\nover 300 denominations lose their official status in Hungary — including their
\ntax exemptions and their abilities to run state-funded schools. While most of
\nthe denominations are tiny, many are not. Among the religions that will no longer
\nbe able to operate with state approval<\/u> are all versions of Islam, Buddhism,
\nHinduism and Baha’i, as well as many smaller Catholic orders including the
\nBenedictines, Marists, Carmelites, and Opus Dei<\/b>, and a number of major
\nProtestant denominations including Episcopalians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh
\nDay Adventists, Mormons, Methodists, and all but one of the evangelical
\nchurches. One each of the orthodox, conservative, and liberal Jewish synagogues
\nare recognized; but all other Jewish congregations are not” (The
\nUnconstitutional Constitution<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nthat “religious orders are still part of the Catholic Church in my country
\nand being as such they will maintain their legal status — all other
\nproblematic constitutional points nothwithstanding.” (see OSB.org)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
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