FREEDOM 'OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST ... The story is not over The Cross as culture and standard of victory, triumph of love over hate and evil, hope and faith on each
despair and denial free or pessimistic; fraternity Universal against any resurgence ethnic or nationalist or ideological
always lurking and never completely defeated in all parts of the earth, the Cross, as the most universal human dimension, the
which no one can escape, let alone the heathen, let alone non-Christians, the Cross as a formidable weapon against any
all spiritual and material poverty.
And here you can not help but recall an example, the words of the Communist and atheistic Natalia Ginzburg, which although
communist and atheist, yet independently of faith in God that no longer had, was also an example of secular and educated
intelligent.
And what can we say, because despite its ideological limitations, but with the power of one cultural tradition, proved to be
able to read even the most intimate of our own culture (that ability should be true all the laity, without
degraded secularists ), so no doubt he could say in 1988:
I'm sorry that the Crucified disappear forever by all classes. It seems to me a loss. All or almost all the people who
know they say that should be removed. I'm sorry that the Crucified disappears. If I were a teacher, I would not in my class
was touched ... The crucifix does not generate any discrimination. Silent. And 'the image of the Christian revolution, which has
scattered throughout the world the idea of equality among men hitherto absent ... The crucifix is a sign of human suffering. The crown
of thorns, the nails, evoke his suffering ... It is part of world history ... Before Christ no one had ever said that
men are equal and brothers all, rich and poor, believers and nonbelievers, Jews and non-Jews and blacks and whites, and no one before him
said that in the center of our existence we have place the solidarity between people ... It seems to me good the boys,
children, they know right from the banks the school. Jesus Christ carried the cross. We all happened or is happening to bring about
shoulders the burden of a great disaster. In this calamity we call the cross, although we are not Catholic because they are too strong
too many centuries and is imprinted with the idea of the cross in our thinking. All, Catholic and secular bear or bear the burden of a
misfortune, shedding blood and tears trying not to collapse. This tells the Crucified. He says to all, Not just for Catholics.
[ Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) March 25, 1988 wrote in the newspaper L ' Unit, an article entitled "Do not remove this
Crucifix." A commentary on this issue and article, which appeared in 2003 CulturaCattolica.it by Vitaliano Mattioli ].
1: Just as Italy and Germany in their Nazi-fascist had a seed of self-destruction, much like today's Europe has itself a deeper and more dangerous outbreak of self-destruction ....
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DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX
Crosses, Bertone
'Europe leaves us only the pumpkins'
"I say that the Europe of the third leaves us only the millennium celebrations of pumpkins lately repeated and it takes away the dearest symbols. This is truly a loss ", said the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal. Tarcisio Bertone about dela Strasbourg ruling. "Our reaction - he added - can only be deplored" and "now we must try with all their might to keep the signs of our faith for believers and nonbelievers."
"We have heard many voices - said the cardinal - and the echo of the pain of those who feel a little betrayed his roots in his thinking that this is a religious symbol symbol of universal love, not exclusion, but the host. I believe this is the experience of all. "
"I say unfortunately - Bertone added that he attended a press conference at the hospital the Infant Jesus - that the Europe of the third millennium, we just let the pumpkins before the party recently repeated November 1 and it takes away the dearest symbols. " The cardinal also "all our cities, our streets, our homes, schools" are religious symbols like the crucifix and then, asked, "we must remove all the crucified? I think of all the works of art that have the crucifix and the Pity, I wonder if this is a sign of reasonable or not. " The secretary of state to then told reporters he had not yet heard the views of the Pope on the subject. "I'll see it tomorrow," he said. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT
Gianluca Cazzaniga
The European Court of Human Rights has issued an interim award yesterday against Italy for the presence of crucifixes in classrooms is considered an infringement of freedom ; religious children that the right of parents to educate their children in light of their religious beliefs. In the Court of Strasbourg Italy has violated Article 2 Protocol 1 (right to education) and Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the Convention on Human Rights. The judges of the Court had already issued some rulings on rights to education and religious freedom, but this is the first concerning the presence of religious symbols in schools. A Chamber composed of seven judges of the Second Chamber of the Court, including Italian Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, has unanimously condemned the Italian government to pay compensation of € 5 000 for moral damages the small Italian town that has raised the case. For now this is an interim award and the judge Nicola milk, which defends Italy before the Court in Strasbourg has already ruled that the government wants to request a referral to the Grand Chamber of the Court to reopen the game.
If the action of the government was not upheld, the sentence passed yesterday would become final after three months. So it is for the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to decide, within six months, which the Italian government should take actions in order to avoid further violations related to the presence of crucifixes in classrooms. The case landed in Strasbourg was established by the legal battle started years ago by Soile Lautsi, an Italian citizen of Finnish origin, married to a professional Padua and mother of two children. In 2002 the two boys attended the middle school "Vittorino da Feltre" in Abano Terme. In classrooms, as is the case for centuries in every school in our country, there was a crucifix hanging behind the chair.
Mrs. Lautsi, convinced on the basis of some kind of theory, that the presence of Christian symbols in the classroom was contrary to the secular so dear to her - or maybe it's secularism - went to school in protest, calling for an opinion of the Supreme Court in 2000, that the presence of crucifixes in the polling booths would be contrary to the principle of state secularism. In May 2002 the principal of "Vittorino da Feltre" decided to leave the crucifixes in the classrooms. This approach is also recommended following a directive from the Ministry of Education. Not satisfied, Mrs. Lautsi decided to appeal to the TAR of Veneto, in January of 2004 postponed the case to the Constitutional Court to determine whether the presence of crucifixes in classrooms was consistent or not to principles enshrined in the Italian Constitution. In March 2005 the High Court rejected the demands raised by the stubborn Italian-Finnish, ruling that the crucifix is both a symbol of Italian history and culture and hence of national identity, is the symbol of the principles of equality, freedom, tolerance. And the secular state. The State Council, in February 2006, rejected the appeal filed by Soile Lautsi. Yesterday, however, completely ignoring the pronouncements of the Italian courts, the Strasbourg court ruled in favor of Mrs. Lautsi. "The presence the crucifix, which is impossible not to notice in the classroom, could be easily interpreted by students of all ages as a religious symbol, "says the statement released by the European Court of Human Rights. "This could be encouraging for students of religion, but at the same time could disturb the students atheists or those who practice other religions, especially if they belonged to minorities."
The judges (including Italian Zagrebelsky). The authors of the seven judges decision are: Francoise Tulkens (Belgium, President), Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (Italy), Ireneu Cabral Barreto (Portugal), Danute Jociene (Lithuanian), Dragoljub Popovic (Serbia), Andras Sajo (Hungary), and Isil Karakas (Turkey).
BY ORLANDO METOZZI
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