BENEDICT XVI: COMECE CONGRESS; THE EU SHOULD NOT "COMPROMISE ON BASIC HUMAN VALUES" (2)

” “"However, in demographic terms, we have to acknowledge that Europe seems to have embarked on a way that might lead it out of history", and "this, as well as endangering its economic growth, can also cause huge problems in terms of social cohesion", went on the Pope, as he spoke to the participants in the Comece congress, that he received this morning in audience. "As to the respect of the environment" or "the orderly access to energy resources and investments", he added, the EU has "trouble" boosting “solidarity”. In addition, Benedict XVI noted that the unification process "turned out not to be shared by everyone, due to the widespread feeling that several chapters of the European project have been written without keeping the citizens’ expectations into due account”. (to be continued)” “