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Legal Regulation of the Military Chaplaincy in Modern Ukraine
Legal Regulation of the Military Chaplaincy in Modern Ukraine

Author(s): Oleksandr Bilash, Tetyana Karabin
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: kapelan; regulacje prawne; wolność religijna; Siły Zbrojne Ukrainy

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the formation of legal regulation of the institute of chaplaincy in Ukraine. It includes an analysis of the stages of development of its regulation in the last thirty years. A number of topical issues were analyzed among others, the need to ensure the right to freedom of conscience and religion to every citizen in a diverse religious environment. There is a need for state financial support of chaplains in the Armed Forces. It should be raised the obligation to ensure equal satisfaction of the religious needs of believers of all confessions without discrimination in the conditions of the Ukrainian and Russian war and influences from the Russian Federation.

  • Issue Year: 9/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97-112
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English