In the 2022/23 school year, 84.05% of students chose the hour of religion. This was reported by the Italian Bishops' Conference, speaking of a "stable" figure and renewing its appeal to students and families on the choice to make use of the teaching of the Catholic religion in the 2024/25 school year.
In the coming weeks, enrolment will take place for the first year of the different orders and grades of school; On this occasion, the choice will also have to be made as to whether or not to avail oneself of the teaching of the Catholic religion. "We invite you to consider it a precious educational opportunity, which enriches the scholastic path by promoting knowledge of the Christian roots and values of Italian culture," the CEI said.
It is "an open school discipline, up-to-date from a pedagogical and didactic point of view, adapted to today, attentive to the educational needs of people and conducted with the most absolute respect for everyone's freedom of conscience. It is a valuable moment of study and dialogue, made their own every year by the vast majority of students and families." For the Italian Bishops' Conference, "the wide participation attests to the formative quality of this teaching and, at the same time, calls for responsibility and attention on the part of all; The relationship that is established between teachers and pupils makes it possible to intercept cultural and existential issues that would otherwise not be dealt with at school".
"At a time like the present in which the requests for listening and closeness on the part of young people are multiplying, the educational alliance between Church and school on which IRCSI is based proves to be a very precious resource. It is primarily the teachers of religion who make it possible and effective," concludes the Italian Bishops' Conference.
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