Source: Daily Mail
- The EU suggested staff say ‘holiday period’ instead of Christmas in leaked memo
- Diplomats were forced to withdraw the document after a huge backlash
- The pope, 84, accused them of ‘ideological colonisation’ on return from Greece
Pope Francis has compared the EU to a ‘Nazi dictatorship’ for trying to impose woke rules on language and ban using the word Christmas.
The pope, 84, warned the bloc not to ‘take the path of ideological colonisation’ as he returned from Greece after a four-day trip.
Last week, the EU was accused of trying to ‘cancel Christmas’ after telling staff to avoid the word in favour of ‘holiday period’ because it could be offensive to non-Christians.
Eurocrats published the rule months ago as part of a guide on ‘inclusive communication’, details of which leaked leading to a furious backlash.
Other suggestions in the book included replacing Christian names such as Mary and John with ‘international’ names such as Malika and Julio when using them in generic examples, and swapping the word ‘man-made’ for ‘human-induced’.
The pontiff said the language diktats, which the European Commissioner for Equality admitted ‘clearly needed more work’, ‘a fad, watered-down secularism’.
Categories: Organized religion, Secularism
Of course I have no objection if Christians say Merry Christmas. let them …
… not so fond of Muslims putting up Christmas Trees though, but this is just my personal opinion …