26.03.2025

The Lucerne Government Council renounces certain rights to fill positions within the Catholic Church.

12.03.2025

Cantonal recognition confers special rights on religious communities. But under what conditions is this recognition granted? The Institute for Religious Law has examined this issue.

10.03.2025

The cantonal government of Lucerne rejects a motion by the FDP Lucerne calling for the abolition of compulsory church tax for companies in Lucerne.

05.02.2025

On February 3rd 2025, the Zurich Cantonal Council granted the recognized religious communities a framework credit of 300 million.

20.01.2025

The Federal Supreme Court ruled that the operation of the St Katharina Catholic girls' school violates religious freedom and the prohibition on discrimination.

04.12.2024

Among other things, this volume looks at the implementation of marriage for all in church weddings and examines the question of whether church law leads to a juridification of faith.

20.11.2024

The twelve parishes in the city of Bern are to be merged. The members of the individual parishes are now voting on whether to join.

06.11.2024

This new edition compares the relationship between state and religion in 15 European countries and examines the question of what might be relevant for Swiss practice.

16.10.2024

In this paper the question of whether the internal supervision of church foundations requires reform or at least clear criteria in order to fulfil the requirements of modern governance is discussed.