Abstract

The paper sets out the criticism of the «pactional bilaterality», that is the principle deduced from the inclusion of the Lateran Pacts in the Constitution, as necessary to regulate all the relations of the State with the Catholic Church (and, thanks to art. 8, with the other religious denominations). In particular, it demonstrates how this principle, as an expression of dualism, is in contrast with the fundamental constitutional principle of pluralism, which can only be implemented with the unilateral law of the State. Recent examples of laws and legislative proposals on the subjects of covid, lgbtq and end of life go in the direction of a progressive reception of pluralism and unilateral law. Hence the Author argues the end of the «pactional bilaterality» as a necessary principle to regulate relations between the State and the religious denominations, including the Catholic Church