Hungarian kids go to Mass as churches take over schools

[Dale_M]

Hard-hit by the economic crisis, several small towns and villages have argued that they are unable to maintain their schools and so have offloaded them to religious institutions – most often to the Catholic Church.

Over the past year, nearly 80 public schools – out of over 4,300 around the country – have changed hands, according to the ministry of national resources, which also oversees education.

Education remains free, but pupils have found themselves suddenly obliged to receive religious instruction. Prayer has become compulsory and teaching now follows Christian values.

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Officials in the communities where the hand-overs have taken place say that the decision was not simply financial, but also to provide the children with a superior education.

 

[InJesusItrust]

I wish I could be educated in a church school when I was young. The lack of moral education can destroy a person’s conscience.