A relação entre os ministros religiosos e a instituição religiosa: relação jurídica de trabalho

Abstract

The proliferation of religious denominations in Mozambique is a current issue. Statistics from the National Directorate of Religious Affairs indicate that, by the first half of 2019, 957 churches had been registered in the country, 1 while, on the other hand, more than a thousand religious denominations are not registered in the country. 2 INE data from the 2017 Census indicate that only 14% of the Mozambican population has no religious affiliation, while 86% profess a religion, with 33% of the population being evangelical and Pentecostal Christian, 27% Catholic, 2% Anglican, 19% Muslim and less than 5% Jewish. 3 To achieve their goals, religious denominations need facilities and people who work at various levels, some voluntarily and occasionally, others permanently, maintaining a link with the religious denomination, which obliges them to perform various tasks, with the latter paying a sum, usually monthly, to meet their personal needs. The media has been reporting news about religious ministers who appear to complain about injustices on the part of religious denominations 4 . They dedicate their lives to serving them and are sometimes expelled without any right to compensation. Seen from afar, all the requirements seem to be met for the relationship between religious ministers and religious confession to be considered of a labor-legal nature and, therefore, to be governed by the Labor Law. The work that we propose to present as a Final Course Exam aims to discuss the nature of the relationship between religious ministers and religious confession, in order to understand whether or not rights and obligations of a labor-legal nature arise from it(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)