Dura reaction of the Holy See: Decision "Short-sighted and wrong"
ROME - The presence of crucifixes in classrooms is "a violation of freedom of parents to educate their children according to their beliefs and freedom of religion of students." E 'as it has today established the European Court of Human Rights upon application by an Italian citizen. But the Italian government appealed and, if upheld, the case will be reconsidered in the Great Room. Otherwise the decision will become final in three months. Harsh initial reactions, especially among Catholics in the center. The CEI and the Vatican attack. Prudente Bersani.
Compensation for the woman who complained. The case was raised by Soile Lautsi, an Italian citizen originally from Finland and a member of the EU (European Union atheists and agnostics and rationalists). The Union states that it "promoted, supported and cared technically the legal processes that had already passed by the TAR of Veneto, the Constitutional Court and the State Council." Soile Lautsi fact, in 2002 the institute had asked the State "Vittorino da Feltre" in Abano Terme, near Padova, attended by his two sons, to remove the crucifixes from the classrooms. A nothing had been for his actions before the courts in Italy. Now the judges in Strasbourg gave the reason, establishing that the Italian government to pay the woman compensation of five thousand euro for moral damages. The ruling is the first ever on display of religious symbols in classrooms.
The decision of the European Court. The seven members of the European Court has ruled that the presence of crucifixes in classrooms can easily be interpreted by children of all ages as a clear "religious symbol" and, therefore, could be conditioned. And if this can be of "encouragement" to Catholic children already, but can "disturb" those of other religions or atheists.
reactions of the majority. Pending the filing of reasons for the sentence, the Italian government has already appealed. For the Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini, "the presence of the crucifix class does not mean accession to Catholicism, but it is a symbol of our tradition. "Along the same lines Minister for Simplification Roberto Calderoli and that of Justice Angelino Alfano. E 'critically House Speaker Gianfranco Fini:" I hope that the sentence not be hailed as just affirmation of the secular institutions, which is very different from the negative value, its more favorably of secularism, the role of Christianity in society and the Italian identity ".
opposition. And 'cautious the new secretary of the PD Pier Luigi Bersani: "An ancient tradition as the crucifix is \u200b\u200bnot offensive to anyone. I think that on sensitive issues like this, sometimes common sense ceases to be a victim of the law. "And the UDC leader Rocco Buttiglione talks about" aberrant decision.
Catholics around the world. Net is also the reaction of the CEI, in a statement that speaks of the "upper hand of a partial and ideological. "For the Osservatore Romano" among all the symbols received daily by young people affects the sentence that best describes a great tradition, not only religious, of the European continent '. And in the evening, on behalf of the Holy See, Father Federico Lombardi speaks, reveals a view that the decision "short-sighted and wrong", "received with astonishment and regret at the Vatican. It is astonishing that a European Court intervenes heavily in an area very deeply linked to the identity historical, cultural, spiritual, of the Italian people. "
Earlier in Italy and Spain. The last round of the long controversy over crucifixes in school was closed in February when a ruling by the Supreme Court had overturned a conviction for interruption of public office against Judge Luigi Tosti, "guilty" for having refused to celebrate in a court hearing where he posted a crucifix. Until he made the noise of the previous president of Italy's Muslim Adel Smith, the protagonist of a similar episode and now says: "Judgement inevitable."
The issue involves not only our country. Duri clashes between the state and bishops also took place in Spain in November last year, following a decision of a court of Valladolid to remove all symbols from a Catholic school.
source: Repubblica.it
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