Christians have the duty of and the responsibility for "making the most of the European heritage and guiding the continent to a renewed spiritual vigour”. It was said by the archbishop of Tirana and all Albania, as he spoke this morning at the Third European Ecumenical Assembly, which on this second day is taking special care of the subject of the commitment of the Christian Churches to Europe. After the meeting of all delegates at the plenary session, the forums of this afternoon will be divided into three theme areas: the building of Europe; religions ("Being a citizen of Europe and a person of faith”); migration ("Opportunity and challenge for renewal and unity in Europe”). “We Christians said the Orthodox archbishop Anastasios , as the children of light, are called to spread all the colours of the spectrum of white light: the light of peace, with ourselves, with those who are close to us, and with the world; the light of justice, by fighting for a fairer society at a local, European and global level; the light of truth, by exploring history and analysing reality; the light of hope, for the unity of all the peoples of the continent, with their differences reconciled”.
