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Monsignor Antonio Interguglielmi is a professor of Canon Law at the Studium Theologicum Galilaeae in Korazym, Israel; he also teaches Economic Management of Ecclesiastical Entities and Canon Criminal Law and Special Procedures (in various seminars). After graduating in Law from La Sapienza University in Rome in 1990, he undertook religious studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, which led him to obtain a Licentiate in Canon Law in 1999 and, in 2008, a Doctorate in Canon Law with a thesis entitled Singular Decrees in the Exercise of the Administrative Power of the Particular Church. It was during this period of study that he was ordained a priest in May 1998 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Among the most important ecclesiastical offices he has held, mention must certainly be made of the Legal and Administrative Office of the Vicariate of Rome and his role as director of the Office for Lay Associations and Confraternities of the Vicariate of Rome. He currently serves as president of the Federation of Clergy Associations in Italy (F.A.C.I.), director of the magazine L'Amico del Clero, Judicial Vicar at the Ecclesiastical Court of Piceno, and parish priest of the churches of S. Maria del Ponte Metauro and S. Paolo Ap. in Torrette di Fano.
He is researcher in Ecclesiastical and Canon Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Perego is qualified as an associate professor. His teaching and research focus on religious organizations and the third sector, with a particular to asset management, taxation and ecclesiastical governance. He has taken part in both national and international research projects and has authored more than thirty publications, including monographs. Perego also serveson the scientific and editorial boards of several legal journals and series. As a lawyer, he acts also as consultant and member of the administrative boards of ecclesiastical and non-profit organizations.
He is a Full Professor of Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Milan.
Bettetini is the author of numerous monographs and over 100 publications in national and international journals and collective studies, he serves as a member of editorial boards of several leading legal journals worldwide.
He has been a Visiting Professor at European and American universities, and is an honorary member of the Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación (Spain).
Bettetini acts as Consultant to Holy See bodies and to law firms, offering an expertise in religious law and Vatican law.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the FEC-Fondo Edifici di Culto (Fund for Places of Worship) under the Italian Ministry of the Interior. He is also a member of ICLARS (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies), a global network of scholars in the field, and ADEC (Association of University Professors of Legal Disciplines Related to Religion).
WORKSHOP - Italian Ecclesiastical Law
curated by FACI – Federazione tra le Associazioni del Clero in Italia
Ecclesiastical law is a branch of public law that governs the rules regulating the relationship between the State and the Church. In Italy, this includes, first and foremost, the 1984 Concordat and the subsequent laws implementing it, the rules governing the activities of ecclesiastical bodies in civil society, as well as the financial relations between the Italian State and the Catholic Church.
This area of law ancompasses a wide range of legal materials which, alongside the national legislation, include many documents issued by the Italian Episcopal Conference to align Church practices with civil law. These reflect changes in society not both nationally and internationally - for example, in areas such as privacy legislation.
The need for a practical and comprehensive resource covering both canonical and civil law governing Church–State relations in Italy led to the decision to update the well-known F.A.C.I. Compendium from 1989 and 1992, which was reissued in May 2025.
Speakers:
Authors of the Compendium:
Ecclesiastical law is a branch of public law that governs the rules regulating the relationship between the State and the Church. In Italy, this includes, first and foremost, the 1984 Concordat and the subsequent laws implementing it, the rules governing the activities of ecclesiastical bodies in civil society, as well as the financial relations between the Italian State and the Catholic Church.
This area of law ancompasses a wide range of legal materials which, alongside the national legislation, include many documents issued by the Italian Episcopal Conference to align Church practices with civil law. These reflect changes in society not both nationally and internationally - for example, in areas such as privacy legislation.
The need for a practical and comprehensive resource covering both canonical and civil law governing Church–State relations in Italy led to the decision to update the well-known F.A.C.I. Compendium from 1989 and 1992, which was reissued in May 2025.
Speakers:
- Andrea Bettetini, Full Professor of Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan
- Alessandro Perego, Lecturer at the Schools for Legal Professions of the University of Padua and the Catholic University of Milan
Interferences of unilateral state law in the contractual regime of ecclesiastical entities
Authors of the Compendium:
- Mons. Antonio Interguglielmi, President of FACI
- Mons. Mariano Assogna, Secretary General of FACI
Speakers
Antonio Interguglielmi
FACI President – Federazione tra le Associazioni del Clero in Italia
Monsignor Antonio Interguglielmi is a professor of Canon Law at the Studium Theologicum Galilaeae in Korazym, Israel; he also teaches Economic Management of Ecclesiastical Entities and Canon Criminal Law and Special Procedures (in various seminars). After graduating in Law from La Sapienza University in Rome in 1990, he undertook religious studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, which led him to obtain a Licentiate in Canon Law in 1999 and, in 2008, a Doctorate in Canon Law with a thesis entitled Singular Decrees in the Exercise of the Administrative Power of the Particular Church. It was during this period of study that he was ordained a priest in May 1998 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Among the most important ecclesiastical offices he has held, mention must certainly be made of the Legal and Administrative Office of the Vicariate of Rome and his role as director of the Office for Lay Associations and Confraternities of the Vicariate of Rome. He currently serves as president of the Federation of Clergy Associations in Italy (F.A.C.I.), director of the magazine L'Amico del Clero, Judicial Vicar at the Ecclesiastical Court of Piceno, and parish priest of the churches of S. Maria del Ponte Metauro and S. Paolo Ap. in Torrette di Fano.
Mariano Assogna
General Secretary of FACI - Federazione tra le Associazioni del Clero in Italia
Alessandro Perego
Lecturer at the Schools for Legal Professions of the University of Padua and the Catholic University of Milan
He is researcher in Ecclesiastical and Canon Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Perego is qualified as an associate professor. His teaching and research focus on religious organizations and the third sector, with a particular to asset management, taxation and ecclesiastical governance. He has taken part in both national and international research projects and has authored more than thirty publications, including monographs. Perego also serveson the scientific and editorial boards of several legal journals and series. As a lawyer, he acts also as consultant and member of the administrative boards of ecclesiastical and non-profit organizations.
Andrea Bettetini
Full Professor of Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan
He is a Full Professor of Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Milan.
Bettetini is the author of numerous monographs and over 100 publications in national and international journals and collective studies, he serves as a member of editorial boards of several leading legal journals worldwide.
He has been a Visiting Professor at European and American universities, and is an honorary member of the Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación (Spain).
Bettetini acts as Consultant to Holy See bodies and to law firms, offering an expertise in religious law and Vatican law.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the FEC-Fondo Edifici di Culto (Fund for Places of Worship) under the Italian Ministry of the Interior. He is also a member of ICLARS (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies), a global network of scholars in the field, and ADEC (Association of University Professors of Legal Disciplines Related to Religion).
