Outrage over EU calendar

28th January 2011

The foreword by Janusz Lewandowski has caused additional outrage

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A Catholic organisation has filed a complaint against bumbling EU officials after a number of Christian holidays were left off its latest calendar.

The Association of Catholic Families (Stowarzyszenie Rodzin Katolickich) has made the complaint official claiming that it is prejudice for excluding major holidays from its pages, including Easter, All Saints Day and, most bizarrely of all, Christmas.

The calendar, which the European Union claims is meant for educational purposes, has been produced to distribute throughout the 27 member states and an estimated 3 million have been printed up in total.

But while many traditional Christian dates have been overlooked, the association points ...

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