Rome (Fides Service) - Schools in traditionally Christian Europe are having to face the increasingly multi-cultural origin of pupils as the continent receives a steady flow of immigrants of various religions, Islam, Buddhism, African Religions etc. This is a challenge to schools to be workshops of harmony, teaching co-existence in respect and tolerance. A recent study written by Professor Flavio Pajer, and published by the two weekly review Il Regno, Dehonian Publishers, Bologna, deals with the various aspects of school and religious instruction. Pressure from the world of Islam highlights the need to address the theme of the unification of Europe which brings together Christians of different tradition and calls for school curriculum which provide a more articulated vision of Christianity as well as other religions. Fides Service intends to open a debate on the subject of school education for social harmony in Europe and elsewhere. (Fides Service 16/1/2003)