{"id":72066,"date":"2026-01-22T00:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=72066"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:25:19","slug":"christian-religious-education-in-northern-ireland-ruled-unlawful-bishops-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/christian-religious-education-in-northern-ireland-ruled-unlawful-bishops-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"La educaci\u00f3n religiosa cristiana en Irlanda del Norte declarada ilegal; los obispos responden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Ni\u00f1os en edad escolar asisten a una bienvenida ceremonial y a la plantaci\u00f3n de un \u00e1rbol en \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in, la residencia oficial del presidente de Irlanda, durante una visita de Estado de Su Alteza Seren\u00edsima el Pr\u00edncipe Alberto II de M\u00f3naco y su prometida, Charlene Wittstock, el 4 de abril de 2011, en Dubl\u00edn. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Dubl\u00edn, Irlanda, 17 de diciembre de 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

u Fallo del Tribunal Supremo del Reino Unido<\/a> ha determinado que la educaci\u00f3n religiosa cristiana impartida en las escuelas de Irlanda del Norte es ilegal. <\/p>\n

En su sentencia, el tribunal concluy\u00f3 que el enfoque actual carece de un marco \u201cobjetivo, cr\u00edtico y pluralista\u201d y se inclina m\u00e1s hacia el adoctrinamiento que hacia el fomento de una comprensi\u00f3n diversa de las creencias.<\/p>\n

En respuesta al fallo, que no se aplica a las escuelas cat\u00f3licas, el obispo Alan McGuckian, SJ, de la di\u00f3cesis de Down y Connor, cuestion\u00f3 firmemente la idea de que no se deba dar prioridad al cristianismo en todas las escuelas, afirmando que cualquiera que busque hacerlo est\u00e1 \u201ctir\u00e1ndose piedras contra su propio tejado\u201d.<\/p>\n

El hist\u00f3rico fallo sigue a un caso presentado por un padre an\u00f3nimo y su hija, que asist\u00eda a una escuela primaria estatal no cat\u00f3lica en Belfast. La ni\u00f1a recib\u00eda educaci\u00f3n religiosa cristiana aconfesional y participaba en el culto cristiano. <\/p>\n

El fallo del Tribunal Supremo confirm\u00f3 la sentencia anterior del Tribunal Superior de 2022 de que \u201cla ense\u00f1anza de la educaci\u00f3n religiosa bajo el plan de estudios b\u00e1sico y los arreglos para el culto colectivo en la escuela primaria a la que asist\u00eda la ni\u00f1a violaban sus derechos y los de su padre bajo la legislaci\u00f3n europea de derechos humanos\u201d.<\/p>\n

Uno de los temas mencionados en el fallo fue que la ni\u00f1a dec\u00eda la oraci\u00f3n antes de las comidas en casa. Esto, les dijo a sus padres no religiosos, era lo que hac\u00edan en la escuela. <\/p>\n

El fallo plantea cuestiones cr\u00edticas sobre c\u00f3mo se imparten las ense\u00f1anzas religiosas en las escuelas y las implicaciones para las experiencias educativas m\u00e1s amplias de los estudiantes.<\/p>\n

En el sistema de Irlanda del Norte, las escuelas cat\u00f3licas se rigen de manera diferente a las escuelas estatales. La sentencia del Tribunal Supremo establece claramente que la educaci\u00f3n religiosa confesional y el culto colectivo no est\u00e1n prohibidos en las escuelas mantenidas por cat\u00f3licos.<\/p>\n

McGuckian se\u00f1al\u00f3 que la importancia legislativa del fallo tendr\u00e1, a su debido tiempo, implicaciones para el desarrollo del plan de estudios b\u00e1sico de educaci\u00f3n religiosa y una mayor participaci\u00f3n en la pr\u00e1ctica y el esp\u00edritu religiosos dentro de todas las escuelas de Irlanda del Norte.<\/p>\n

Al se\u00f1alar la exenci\u00f3n cat\u00f3lica, McGuckian dijo: \u201cMuchas personas me han preguntado, aunque se se\u00f1ala expl\u00edcitamente en la sentencia que este fallo se aplica a una escuela primaria controlada con subvenciones y no se aplica a las escuelas cat\u00f3licas, \u00bfqu\u00e9 diferencia va a marcar este fallo del Tribunal Supremo en la provisi\u00f3n de educaci\u00f3n religiosa en las escuelas de Irlanda del Norte de manera m\u00e1s amplia? \u00bfSe est\u00e1 expulsando la religi\u00f3n de las escuelas? M\u00e1s espec\u00edficamente, algunos preguntan: '\u00bfSe est\u00e1 expulsando el cristianismo de las escuelas?'\u201d<\/p>\n

McGuckian se\u00f1al\u00f3: \u201cQuiero desafiar el principio que afirman las personas con una mentalidad secular, a saber, que no se debe dar prioridad al cristianismo en todas las escuelas. Ese principio es simplemente infundado, irrazonable e il\u00f3gico\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEl cristianismo y la cosmovisi\u00f3n judeocristiana proporcionan la base de valores para todo lo que es bueno en la sociedad occidental y est\u00e1n profundamente arraigados en la legislaci\u00f3n de derechos humanos. La idea de los derechos del individuo a estar libre de coacci\u00f3n, todas las libertades contenidas en las diversas cartas de derechos humanos, se basan y provienen de la ense\u00f1anza b\u00edblica de que cada persona es creada a imagen y semejanza de Dios\u201d.<\/p>\n

Continu\u00f3: \u201cLos pensadores de la Ilustraci\u00f3n de un punto de vista m\u00e1s secular han construido sobre ese \u2018fundamentum\u2019 y, en muchos sentidos, nos han servido bien, pero basaron y construyeron sus ideas sobre valores cristianos subyacentes que protegen la dignidad de cada persona humana\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAquellos que buscan que el cristianismo sea marginado en nuestra sociedad compartida se est\u00e1n tirando piedras contra su propio tejado\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n

McGuckian a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que las religiones del mundo tambi\u00e9n deben ser respetadas, y que tambi\u00e9n tienen una contribuci\u00f3n que hacer en una sociedad cada vez m\u00e1s diversa, multicultural y multirreligiosa. Continu\u00f3: \u201cSin embargo, debe reconocerse que el cristianismo, de manera central y \u00fanica, ha proporcionado el marco de valores que sustenta a la sociedad occidental\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEn las escuelas de todo el mundo occidental, el cristianismo deber\u00eda, de hecho, tener prioridad en nuestros sistemas educativos y todos, incluidos aquellos de otras religiones y los que no tienen ninguna, deber\u00edan reconocerlo y acogerlo debido a su importancia fundamental\u201d.<\/p>\n

Si bien el fallo no se aplica al culto y la oraci\u00f3n en las escuelas cat\u00f3licas, impactar\u00e1 e influir\u00e1 en el plan de estudios de educaci\u00f3n religiosa que se ense\u00f1a en las escuelas, el cual es determinado por las autoridades educativas escolares. El plan de estudios actual ha estado vigente desde 2007, y su contenido fue determinado por las cuatro iglesias principales en Irlanda del Norte, que incluyen al catolicismo. <\/p>\n

Hablando con la BBC<\/a>, el obispo cat\u00f3lico de Derry, Donal McKeown, dijo que es positivo sobre la necesidad de un nuevo plan de estudios b\u00e1sico de educaci\u00f3n religiosa y est\u00e1 bastante abierto a hacia d\u00f3nde va esto.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspero con inter\u00e9s la siguiente etapa del viaje, no lo veo como algo negativo\u201d, dijo. \u201cHay muchos puntos por aclarar: esta es una oportunidad para que todos nosotros participemos en la renovaci\u00f3n del plan de estudios [de educaci\u00f3n religiosa] para permitirnos crear una sociedad saludable y con visi\u00f3n de futuro\u201d.<\/p>\n

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