Benedict XVI: Europe, founded on Christian roots

The European Union is a space for peace and dialogue and the common Christian roots of European countries, the Church reminds, can strengthen the vocation of the continent in the dialogue between peoples and the development of peoples.This is what Benedict XVI recalled in his speech to Yves Gazzo, Head of the Delegation of the European Community Commission to the Holy See, who presented his Letters of Credence to the Pope. The values of tolerance, dialogue, openness to the transcendent - noted the Pope - should continue to inspire Europe.If the continent could retain the origin of its roots it could play a large role in the integral development of peoples, which the Church considers the only way to ov ...

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