Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has supported Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's opposition to the idea of banning crucifixes from Italian public schools.
"Italy and other European countries' Christian heritage must not be subject to scrutiny at European rights agencies," Patriarch Kirill said in a letter to Berlusconi, posted today on the Moscow Patriarchate's website.
The Patriarch was commenting on the ruling, passed by the European Court of Human Rights on November 3, on a lawsuit, filed by an Italian mother, who claimed that the crucifixes in public schools are a violation of human rights.
A mother from Greece, whose son is studying in Italy, appealed the ruling to ban crucifixes in Italian public schools two weeks ago.
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