French officials have excluded a musical about Saint Bernadette of Lourdes from a cultural event scheme for schools, claiming it goes against the principle of keeping religion out of education.
Pilgrims gather at the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to Bernadette Soubirous.Pilgrims gather at the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to Bernadette Soubirous.French officials have prevented schools from taking pupils for free to a musical about Saint Bernadette of Lourdes , claiming it would contravene rules on keeping all religion out of education.
“There is no apparition of the Virgin Mary in the grotto.” He added: “The director is an atheist, as are the songwriters.” It is the same charter that bans pupils from wearing objects or clothing considered ostentatious religious symbols, including headscarves, kippahs and large crosses, at school.was launched in May 2021 and exists in two forms: secondary school pupils are given credit – including €300 on their 18th birthday – to buy books, concert, theatre and cinema tickets, newspaper and magazine subscriptions or music streaming, and for schools to use for class “educational artistic and cultural activities”.
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