The Court of Justice of the European Union will rule on whether EU data protection regulations can oblige the Catholic Church to remove information about the actual sacrament from baptismal registers. The Belgian case could have consequences for all religious communities in the EU. The dispute began in 2021 in the Diocese of Ghent. A man baptized as a minor appealed to the diocese. The article, "Will baptismal registers be allowed to continue fu…
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The Court of Justice of the European Union will rule on whether EU data protection regulations can oblige the Catholic Church to remove information about the actual sacrament from baptismal registers. The Belgian case could have consequences for all religious communities in the EU. The dispute began in 2021 in the Diocese of Ghent. A man baptized as a minor appealed to the diocese. The article, "Will baptismal registers be allowed to continue fu…