The European Union (EU) recommended to refrain from using terms such as 'Christmas', saying that religious discrimination among internal employees should be excluded.



On the 30th of last month local time, foreign media, such as the British Guardian, urged the European Union to pay attention to the use of terminology so as not to stigmatize or discriminate against specific people based on gender, sexual identity, race, culture, religion, etc. ' was announced.



The guidelines include, "We recommend that you do not use masculine pronouns (he) as representative pronouns and use 'colleagues' instead of 'ladies and gentlemen'."




However, in the religious sector, 'Christmas' was included on the banned list.

It was recommended that 'Holiday' be used instead of 'Christmas', with the intention of not all celebrating Christian holidays as there are non-Christian EU staff, and other religious traditions should be recognized and respected.



The EU also recommended that surnames be used instead of baptismal names such as 'Mary' and 'John', saying that names that identify a particular religion should not be used.



The Holy See immediately objected to this.

"Anti-discrimination is the right thing to do, but we need to consider whether the European Union's guidelines will help us achieve our goals," said Pietro Parolin, the second-in-command of the Vatican, in an interview with Vatican News.




"There are various factors that make up Europe's identity, but the roots must not be denied," said Parolin, Secretary of State. said.



Amid the controversy, the European Union eventually withdrew the guideline, saying it needed to be supplemented.

"The published guidelines are not complete and do not meet the standards of all committees," the Commissioner said. "We will cancel these guidelines and proceed with further work."



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