(Daniele Rocchi, SIR correspondent in Lyon) "Today, religions are a hope and not a threat": according to Jerome Vignon, president of the French Social Weeks (FSW), that is the message originating from the first day of the 83rd French Social Week in progress in Lyon, on the subject "Religions, hope or threat for our societies?". "They may be a threat added Vignon in an interview with SIR Europe; if religions are tempted by power. However, it is no longer like that, at least for Europe. The living thing in the Old Continent is actually the fecundity of the Word, the living memory of the Churches and everything necessary for our societies to rely on safe bearings for their choices". "In Europe went on the president of the French Social Weeks societies have tackled the mirage of a thousand liberties, and in front of that mirage, they no longer know how to find their way; they don’t trust politics any more. Religions may pay their contribution to find the sense of the community and common values again". In this perspective, according to Vignon, "Churches will play a fundamental role if they may represent a path towards God, if they are able to teach the people to appreciate what God gives man. Their presence witnesses that the believer is not a person who decides to have truth, but a person who is aware of receiving truth from God". (To be continued)
