State school as an entity providing Catholic Religious Education?
State school as an entity providing Catholic Religious Education?

Summary/Abstract: In many countries religious education takes place within the public education system. At the same time there is a debate on legitimacy of such a solution. Increasingly, there are voices calling for the removal of religious education from public schools. Particular pressure is exerted on the confessional model of religious education, which taught religious truths of faith, liturgy, moral principles, of one religious community. This article is a polemic with these opinions. It shows the arguments for the presence of Catholic religious education in public school. These arguments relate primarily to non-religious function of teaching religion, such as the transmission of objective knowledge, forming social attitudes and help in finding the meaning of life. Even with these reasons, Catholic religious education should take place in the state education system.

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