The Italian Cabinet proposes and approves the legal status of the "Chiesa d’Inghilterra"

Proposed by the Minister of the Interior (Home Office), Angelino Alfano, the Italian Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister, Hon. Matteo Renzi, approves the adoption of a measure, to be issued by a Presidential Decree by the President of the Italian Republic granting legal status to the association Chiesa d’Inghilterra, headquartered in Rome. The association aims to spread the Christian faith in accordance with the Anglican Communion.

 

The legal status was granted after careful and detailed investigation of the Ministero dell’Interno (Italian Home Office), the Direzione Centrale degli Affari dei Culti (Central Department for Religious Affairs), the Consiglio di Stato (legal advisory body to the Italian government on administrative matters and their legal implications), and in accordance with Article 2 of the Law n.1158 dated 24th June 1929.