The Holy See Press Office's official bulletin of 17 January 2020, recording that Cardinal Pietro Parolin and President Felix Tshisekedi exchanged instruments of ratification for the Framework Agreement between the Holy See and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed 20 May 2016, bringing it into force the same day. The agreement's 21 articles cover Catholic education, pastoral care in the armed forces, prisons and hospitals, and tax and residency matters for religious personnel.
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Citation
PublisherHoly See Press Office
URLhttps://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/01/17/200117e.html
Source Typeinstitutional record
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the Holy See's own official press bulletin recording the exchange of ratification instruments, the primary institutional record of the agreement's entry into force rather than a secondary account of it. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Holy See directly: "The Holy See Press Office's official bulletin of 17 January 2020, recording that Cardinal Pietro Parolin and President Felix Tshisekedi exchanged instruments of ratification for the Framework..."
This source names Republic of the Congo directly: "the Holy See and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed 20 May 2016, bringing it into force the same day."
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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