European Union’s year without Christmas

Two items in the World Briefs drew my attention. The Tourism Ministry in Israel decided to help holiday firms plan pilgrimages to sites where Our Lady lived and travelled, including Nazareth. It’s true that this is done to attract more Christian...

Two items in the World Briefs drew my attention. The Tourism Ministry in Israel decided to help holiday firms plan pilgrimages to sites where Our Lady lived and travelled, including Nazareth. It’s true that this is done to attract more Christian tourists to the Holy Land but it’s great news all the same.

The next news item is deplorable to say the least. The European Commission has issued three million copies of an EU diary for schools but in its wisdom has left out mention of Christmas and yet included Jewish and Muslim festivities.

Is this part of the current anti-Christian campaign to remove mention of Christmas altogether?

I suggest we join forces with the French Minister of European Affairs to protest about this state of affairs. I want to echo his sentiments when he said: “Are we ashamed of our Christian identity? Are we ashamed that the Europe of church towers was the base of our European identity?”

Our own Minister of Foreign Affairs and our five representatives in Brussels should let the Commission know Maltese schools don’t need their diaries.

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