SWI swissinfo.ch's account of Switzerland's Article 72, which leaves the relationship between church and state to each of the twenty six cantons rather than to the federal constitution, so that most cantons maintain an established Landeskirche under public law while Geneva and Neuchatel separate church and state entirely.
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Citation
AuthorSwiss Broadcasting Corporation
PublisherSWI swissinfo.ch
URLhttps://swissinfo.ch/eng/diversity_religious-recognition-in-switzerland-a-cantonal-affair/43119764
Source Typenews feature
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: the Swiss national public broadcaster's own account of a genuinely fragmented, cantonal legal picture that no single federal text can summarize. Connections
Associated With
Geneva, Cities This source names Geneva directly: "Landeskirche under public law while Geneva and Neuchatel separate church and state entirely."
Source Religious Recognition in Switzerland, a Cantonal Affair (SWI swissinfo.ch, 2019)Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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