"We are getting used to looking at Brussels with the same feelings we used to look at Moscow before. With a difference: the anonymity of the ideology". This was written by Marian Gavenda, spokesperson of the Slovakian Bishops Conference, in an online release on tonight’s Sir Europa (old.agensir.it). "The Communist Party used to have clearly-cut and perfectly-defended ideologies. Brussels seems to have no ideology, but it does own one", commented Gavenda, who says the Slovakian Parliament is called to vote on the agreement with the Holy See about conscientious objection. "It is a unique agreement", explained the spokesperson of the Slovakian Bishops: "In other states, conscientious objection is covered by the Concordat or set forth by other laws. Even if the Slovakian Republic has enforced a regulation which protects the independence of moral, ethical and cultural decisions, thus securing at least some independence from Brussels, the agreement with the Holy See, which should defend freedom of conscience, is encountering huge problems", because "some of Brussels’ milieus regard it as a threat to human rights and a source of discrimination". For the churches, such difficult situation closed Gavenda is however "an opportunity to ‘enhance the soul’ of Europe which badly needs it".
