Italy Battles to Save Crosses In Classrooms
Italy is fighting a court ruling that bans crucifixes from classrooms. After a secular Italian woman sued to have crucifixes removed from her sons’ classrooms, Italian courts said the cross belonged there as a symbol of Italy’s culture and history. The European Court of Human Rights disagreed, ruling religious symbols in the classroom are a violation of students’ religious freedom, and awarding the woman $7400 in damages. Italy is now appealing the European ruling, to which the Catholic Church strongly objects, CNN reports. The European ruling “does not take into account the fact that in Italy the display of the crucifix in public places is in line with the recognition of the principles of the Catholicism as part of the historical patrimony of the Italian people,” the Italian Conference of Bishops said.
Related articles:
- Italy appeals against ban on school crucifixes (telegraph.co.uk)
- Italy seeks to end crucifix ban (news.bbc.co.uk)
- Italy seeks to end crucifix ban (news.bbc.co.uk)
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