” “During the Week for the Unity of Christians, the Catholic Church of England and Wales celebrates its schools and states, once again, that it is important to join forces with other religious confessions in the education of the young. "Education Sunday" will be celebrated in all the parishes of England and Wales on January 20th at a time in which the Catholic schools of the country are accused of segregation. One third of the public schools of the United Kingdom are run by the Christian churches approximately 6,850 schools out of about 21,000 and two private schools out of five are religious schools. The English Government has always appreciated the importance of these schools, which score highest in the public success-rate lists. In a last year’s document, called "Faith in the system", the Labour Government stated that a mixed educational system, with religious schools assisted by public schools, is an excellent solution for the educational requirements of the country. A perspective that is not shared by the Labour Party member Barry Sheerman, president of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on children, schools and families, who accused the Catholic Church of promoting a fundamentalist religious approach and asked the Church leaders to appear in front of the Commission chaired by him.” “
