Marriage
The three types of connections between a religious marriage and a civil marriage
1. Religious marriage (introduced in the Concordat of 1929 and confirmed in 1984 with some modifications), that is, canonical marriage of which the State recognises the civil effects, for the (...)
Religious Marriages
Article 8 of the Villa Madama agreement regulates the so-called matrimonio concordatario, under which a Catholic marriage is valid in the eyes of the State law and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal’s (...)
The Legal Status of Same-Sex Couples in Italy
On this topic, see the October 2015 current debate "Debate on the Legal Status of Same-Sex Couples".