Concordat of 1953
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The Concordat of 1953 was the last classic concordat of the Roman Catholic Church. Concluded by Spain (under the regime of Francisco Franco) with the Vatican, and together with the Pact of Madrid, signed the same year, it was a significant attack on Spain's post-World War II international isolation.
In return for the granting by the Vatican of the "royal patronage" (patronato real)[1] to Franco, the concordat gave the Church a set of privileges, o.a. state funding and exemption from government taxation.
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- ^ The privilege of Spanish kings to appoint clerical figures.
