” “”Our Churches said the cardinal the Orthodox and the Catholic one, can work closely together”. “We are here because we deeply feel the call to face, united, the big challenges of the dawn of this new millennium”. The meeting which will be attended by experts from all over Europe, jointly selected by the two bodies will be divided into six sessions: topics will include the challenge of modernity; the spiritual resource of parish communities, monasticism and cultural centres for Europe; the impact of Christian ethics on politics, economics and the media; cooperation among the Churches to convey the values and dialogue of the churches with other religions. The "staggering spiritual void" that is found in Europe said the cardinal calls the Churches to "give back to Europe the awareness of its spiritual roots and cultural identity, a prerequisite to create, at the dawn of the new millennium, a new, all-European culture that may be genuinely humane and Christian, marked by the respect of man, every man “. In this, "our Churches have a great educational task": that of saying that "for us Christians, the Europe we are the children of is not a mere geographical entity or a purely economic union, but a moral person. And, to build it up, we have to give it a spirit, an ideal, a soul”. ” “
