” “"Europe, which plays a fundamental role in the culture field, above all, on the international level, is forced to invest in the cultural preparation of new generations". Today, those words were spoken by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of CEI and vicar of the Pope for the diocese of Rome, while he opened the National Meeting of the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (an activity of the Vicariate), in Rome, on the subject: "Routes of Europe". "The generations grow through chatting, i-pods, and SMS, providing for succinct communication – went on the cardinal; – they are in extreme need to find foundations in a reality well rooted in their history and culture". Otherwise, according to Ruini, "the danger is homologation towards the bottom, characterized by lifestyles and fashions devoid of cultural references". Therefore, according to the analysis by the Cardinal, today there is "a strong necessity for what Jacques Maritain described as the skill to distinguish for joining. This need is particularly strong and vital for the education of the new generations. One runs the risk of losing oneself when this education is deprived of its historical contents, and there is the tendency to mix everything up in a big pot". ” ” ” “
