This Encyclopedia.com entry traces the Catholic Church in Mozambique from the 1940 Concordat and 1941 Missionary Statute between Portugal and the Holy See, through the Frelimo government's nationalization of church assets and suspension of all subsidies on independence in June 1975 under President Samora Machel, the expulsion of clergy from their residences and closure of seminaries, to the restoration of diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1995.
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This source names Holy See directly: "Statute between Portugal and the Holy See, through the Frelimo government's nationalization of church assets and suspension of all subsidies on independence in June 1975 under President Samora..."
This source names Mozambique directly: "entry traces the Catholic Church in Mozambique from the 1940 Concordat and 1941 Missionary Statute between Portugal and the Holy See, through the Frelimo government's nationalization of church..."
This source names Portugal directly: "and 1941 Missionary Statute between Portugal and the Holy See, through the Frelimo government's nationalization of church assets and suspension of all subsidies on independence in June 1975 under..."
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