Christians can contribute vitally to the building of Europe, and join their efforts to those of other Europeans of good will, says the Vatican secretary for relations with states. Such a joint effort, contends Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, could overcome the temptation to relegate the faith to the private sphere. [...]
“It is not surprising, therefore,” he said, “that the Church invites Europe towards a greater social and political cohesion, but always respecting the particular identity of individual nations. She invites Europe to breathe ‘with two lungs.’ [Great, now what about massive non-white immigration? -Ed.]
“Pope John Paul II was very explicit on this point, and on more than one occasion. Had due attention been given to such a basic demand and to the national sensibilities of the different countries, Europe might not have had to endure the blow of a negative vote by two of its founding states on the Constitutional Treaty, solemnly signed in Rome, on 29 October, 2004.” [...]
“In contemporary pluralistic and ideologically diverse societies,” the archbishop added, “Christians must know how to measure and gather their own forces, and then unite their forces to those of other men and women of good will, in the search for a Europe which will be worthy of the spiritual heritage which our fathers have left us, in the search for a Europe as it was dreamed by the great spirits of the twentieth century.”
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