Halos Banned from Euro Coin
January 7, 2013 5 Comments
Depicting St Cyril and St Methodius:
The Commission of the European Union has demanded that Slovenia remove the halos from its new Euro coin commemorating the 1,150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Moravia. A spokeswoman for the Bank of Slovenia explained their decision to comply with the European Comissions demands:
‘The European Commission and some member states have asked Slovakia to remove some symbols from the draft coin to comply with the principle of religious neutrality. We believe the final coin will be a dignified combination of a symbol of state and a symbol of Christianity,”
The European Commission defended its insistence that Slovenia remove the halos from Cyril and Methodius:
“Under EU rules, when designing the national side of a euro coin, Member States are required to take into account that the coins will circulate throughout the whole eurozone, and in that context, proposed designs are shared in advance with other Member States so that they can provide any comments they deem appropriate.
The Commission acknowledged that some members states objected to the coin, adding that Slovakia submitted a slightly amended design, “which has now been approved by the [EU] Council of Ministers.”
Protect the Pope comment: The European Commission’s demand that Slovenia remove the Christian symbol of sanctity that has been included on coins throughout Europe for thousands of years is yet another attack on our common Christian heritage. In the censored coin St. Cyril and St. Methodius have been reduced to the stature of mundane historical figures, their eternal significance and role as intercessors and exemplars of sanctity removed from the public arena. The secular reformation of Europe continues to impose its intolerant ideology under the guise of ‘religious neutrality’.
http://www.thejournal.ie/no-halo-on-slovakia-2-euro-coin-680616-Nov2012/
About Fr Stephen Smuts
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Uh, It is NOT Slovenia but Slovakia this is about…. and after much public outcry in this very Catholic country, the government of Slovakia has finally decided they will be halos on the coins. So this is both old news and a bad translation (from French or German?).
What is interesting is that it shows how much European elites despise Christianity, to the point of negating that our civilization has Christian roots. The last scandal was that the 2012 diaries edited by the EU contained every Islamic, Jew and Hindu Festival, but not any Christian feast (even Christmas!).
+ Pax et Bonum
Yes, this is indeed a scandal, but it is one that we have brought upon ourselves.
Any idea what the new 2013 diaries contain?
Whenever I read this kind of story, I immediately want to desecrate whatever kind of image secularists hold sacred. But I am afraid ripping up pornography would not make much of an impact – and I do not know what else they revere. Ridiculing the electoral process or the political class, I suppose.
And then, there’s that sad feeling of helplessness we all feel. But don’t worry, Mr. Coulombe:
At least I have my “Obama-with-a-rainbow-halo-First-Gay-President” image.
…to use for my darts practice.
I agree with you, though. How do we desecrate something that doesn’t exist in a society where nothing is sacred anymore?
I’d wager the ego is what is left. A close runner-up would be technology. The amount of time people around me spend on their iPhones is disturbing; in some other time and place, one could see rosaries and breviaries being held with the same amount of attentiveness and devotion.