UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS
FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN ITALY PLANNED BY MUSSOLINI ("Times" Cables.) Rome, December 16. Signor Mussolini has planned uniform text books for all schools in Italy. The Vatican organ, “Osservatore Romano,” says that teachers were allowed a certain latitude before the Fascist Revolution, provided that the teaching did not conflict with the State’s interests in temporal matters or the Church’s in spiritual matters. Tlie heresies of freedom of conscience, speech, and the Press came in witli Liberalism. The Fascist regime rudely shook them, but the existing text books continue to teach them, and also many teachers are still infected with doctrines contrary to religious faith, Christian morals, and the security of the State. The “Osservatore” calls attention to the continued teaching of the doctrines of freedom of conscience and speech, and especially the antiPapal bias of certain history books. Nevertheless, the "Osservatore” fears that uniformity of books will prevent parents and children from indulging in special preferences in education.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 73, 19 December 1928, Page 12
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