Posted on 12/06/2018 5:43:18 PM PST by marshmallow
ITALY, December 3, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) Amid what Italian media is describing as open war on school nativity scenes, Italys Education Ministry has slapped back, granting approval to installing crucifixes and reinstating nativity scenes in the nations classrooms.
The crucifix is for me the symbol of our history, our culture, our traditions, said Education Minister Marco Bussetti, speaking to the Federation of Catholic Schools annual congress in Rome. I don't see how it can cause any irritation in our school rooms, on the contrary it may help kids to reflect on our history.
Bussetti is not alone.
When a school in the city of Terni, northeast of Rome, cancelled its traditional nativity play in order to respect children from other cultures, Italys Interior Minister Matteo Salvini slammed the measure as IDIOCY, according to a Voice of Europe report.
"It is not just about religion, said Salvini on Facebook, but about history, roots, culture. I will not give up.
Long live our traditions, and may they spread! he added.
A representative of the populist Lega Party, Valeria Alessandrini, first brought the situation at the school in Terni to the attention of Italians, saying:
Only by respecting (our own traditions) can we make others understand everyone is free to practice their own faiths but that it is also required they respect the history and culture of the country in which they live.
I hope that children and young people at the school will be allowed to share with their peers and their parents the most beautiful, intense and meaningful moments of Christmas.
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Way to go, Italy! This is a great story.
Is there even a crucifix in the Vatican anymore?
I predict the religion of peace attacking schools over this
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