Bolivian President Withdraws Proposal To End Religion Classes In Schools

The Washington Post reported yesterday that in Bolivia, President Evo Morales has withdrawn a proposal to replace religious education with ethics classes in the country's school curriculum. The change had been opposed by the country's powerful Catholic Church. Bolivia is in the process of rewriting its constitution. With an 80% Catholic population, Bolivia's current Constitution (Art. 3) recognizes Catholicism as the official religion. The Church however is willing to accept a change to eliminate that formal status. (See prior posting.) It is more concerned that society in general not become less religious.