“I welcome the possibility that, where there are large numbers of students, for example Muslims, we can also interrupt lessons for Ramadan.” The Archbishop of Salerno, Monsignor Andrea Bellandi expresses a favorable opinion on the decision of the Campania Region, made explicit in the council resolution with the guidelines for the 2024-2025 school year, to entrust schools with the possibility and decision to stop teaching activities in the event of religious holidays that affect part of the school community. As, for example, happened this year in Pioltello, in the Milan area, precisely at the end of Ramadan
«I believe that we shouldn’t have ideological battles of a political nature on these topics – specifies Bellandi – but we should look at the good and real interests of students and teachers. It is necessary to evaluate school by school, where there are large numbers of pupils including those from other religions, whether it is really appropriate to respect certain dates which are very significant for them. In this sense
