” “"We have lots to share, and first and foremost the same ideal that inspires the life of our Churches, the Gospel, the good news of Christ’s love, the good news for today’s Europe". This is the common heritage that led to the European meeting of Christian Culture that has opened in Vienna today on the resolve of the Papal Council for Culture and the Department for Foreign Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow. For the first time ever, the Vatican and Moscow promote a European event about a "work plan": "Give a soul to Europe. The mission and the responsibility of the Churches". "Together said this morning the president of the Papal Council for Culture, card. Poupard we become aware of the obstacles, to tackle them better, and of the challenges, to overcome them better. They are widespread moral relativism and scepticism, a God-less and soul-less Europe, a cold Europe imprisoned in a maze of laws and all orientated to profit-making. We want to alert the civil authorities and our devotees of the danger of cults, denounce every form of terrorism and protest against those who use the name of God to justify the unjustifiable. Together we want to build a Europe of peace founded on the pillars of truth, justice, love and freedom". But to do this, Europe must once again "breathe with two lungs, the Eastern and the Western Church". (to be continued)” “
