Zakaz spowiadania dzieci
Prohibition of confession of children

Summary/Abstract: An analysis of the demands contained in the petition requires consideration of two dimensions of freedom of conscience and religion - the institutional dimension and the individual dimension. It follows that introducing a prohibition on confession for all children, i.e. until they reach the age of 18, belonging to all religious communities that practise individual confession, would constitute not only a disproportionate interference with the freedom of conscience and religion of the child and the right of parents to raise their children in accordance with their own beliefs, but also a violation of the institutional relations between the state and churches and other religious associations.

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