So, "what we set out for ourselves and what we propose to Europe he stated is to no longer live for oneself": "Christians must get rid of the fear and insatiable greediness that make us live for ourselves, powerless, withdrawn, taken up by petty family fights, within a present that is full of peace and wealth, without worrying about those who are outside Europe, who have no peace or a worthy life". In this sense, "the unity of Christians too is a Commandment of the Lord", and "more brotherly Christians must be the soul of more united European peoples". The responsibilities of the European Christians for creating peace in the world, he highlighted, "cannot leave out Africa" ("the test bench of the morality of international politics") or the need for justice in the South of the world. "Today’s Europe concluded Riccardi is not the one it used to be, but it can be better than the one it used to be, for itself and for the others".
