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Secularists of the world unite!<\/p><\/div>So we are supposed to believe that omitting the Christian holidays was a mistake?<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Catholic News Agency | HT: Monomakhos<\/a><\/p>\n

Strasbourg, France, Jan 14, 2011 \/ 02:11 pm (CNA<\/a>).- A 2011-2012 school calendar published by the European Union has omitted Christian holidays, while continuing to note important Jewish and Muslim celebrations.<\/p>\n

The European Union has printed three million copies of the calendar which will be distributed free-of-charge to students who request them.<\/p>\n

Former French politician and government minister, Christine Boutin, wrote in her blog Jan. 11 that the calendar leaves out Christianity, \u201cthe religion practiced or recognized as forming the cultural assembly of our \u2018old\u2019 continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boutin is a consultant for the Pontifical Council for the Family, as well as president of the Christian Democratic Party in France. She went on to lament that Christianity has \u201cfallen into the limbo of collective ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter are missing from the calendar’s pages, days commemorating \u201cSikh Baisakhi-Day, the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday, the Muslim holiday Aid-el-Kebir,\u201d remain in place,\u201d Boutin continued.<\/p>\n

The Christian Democratic Party in France called the omissions \u201cunacceptable\u201d and has filed a petition asking that the calendars not be distributed as printed, but that students be given versions that include Christian holidays.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of the Christian religion in the shaping of Europe is an undeniable historical fact\u201d that the European Union cannot omit. To do so would be to \u201cinstruct students while denying that a particular religion has greatly contributed to the foundation and unity of Europe,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n

The petition states that the Christian religion is \u201cthe first of all religions in Europe. It is therefore unthinkable that it be denied, as it has great importance for the lives of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit: http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/new-european-union-school-calendar-omits-christian-holidays\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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