Quebec bishops maintain crucifix is a religious symbol, not a souvenir

Almost exactly five years ago, at the height of the first furor over the crucifix at the National Assembly, Catholic bishops of Quebec put out a statement to clarify how they felt about the issue.
If democratically elected MNAs decide to remove the crucifix from the halls of power, they said, they will respect that.
But the crucifix is most assuredly a religious symbol of the Catholic faith, the October 2013 statement continued — “not a museum artifact or just a souvenir of the past