Monsignor Nunzio
Galantino, the secretary general of Italian bishops conference
CEI, blasted alleged attempts to cancel or hide Christmas in an
editorial published Monday in Catholic monthly Vita Pastorale.
"If this is Christmas, I find the decisions of those who
would like to cancel or camouflage Christmas to respect other
traditions or religious confessions, making fools of themselves
in the process, to be specious and ideological," Galantino
wrote.
The comments come amid a furore over a decision last week
by a school in Rozzano, near Milan, to scrap its traditional
Christmas concert and remove a crucifix in order to stage a more
'secular' event.
Galantino added that this Christmas will be even more
special than usual as it will takes place during the Catholic
Church's extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
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