A crucifix is seen on the wall as a student writes on a blackboard in a classroom in RomeTony Gentile / Reuters Europe’s increasingly muscular brand of secularism has an unofficial capital: Strasbourg ...

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ROME – Europe’s court of human rights said Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms, prompting an angry reaction from the Catholic Church ...

STRASBOURG, France – Europe's court of human rights ruled Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms under the continent's rights convention.

ROMEROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. In a ...

ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. In a ...