The State Department's 2023 report on Costa Rica describes Article 75 of the 1949 constitution naming Roman Catholicism the state religion, the Catholic Church's special legal recognition under its 1852 concordat with the Holy See rather than registration as an ordinary association, and its receipt of state funds for the repair and maintenance of church buildings alongside exemption from income and real estate tax, benefits no other religious community receives.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/costa-rica/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department's annual country report on religious freedom, prepared by its own diplomatic and analytic staff from government and civil society sources inside Costa Rica, the strongest available form for a fact about a country's domestic legal treatment of religion, hence the top tier. Connections
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This source names Costa Rica directly: "The State Department's 2023 report on Costa Rica describes Article 75 of the 1949 constitution naming Roman Catholicism the state religion, the Catholic Church's special legal recognition under its..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: Costa RicaUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
This source names Holy See directly: "under its 1852 concordat with the Holy See rather than registration as an ordinary association, and its receipt of state funds for the repair and maintenance of church buildings alongside exemption..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: Costa RicaUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
This source names Roman Catholicism directly: "75 of the 1949 constitution naming Roman Catholicism the state religion, the Catholic Church's special legal recognition under its 1852 concordat with the Holy See rather than registration as an..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: Costa RicaUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Countries, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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