The True Europe

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Here is Benedict XVI’s last and heartfelt call for Europe to
rediscover and reaffirm its true origin and identity that have made it
great and a model of beauty and humanity. It is not about imposing the
truths of faith as the foundation of Europe, but about making a thorough
choice, recognizing that it is more natural and just to live «as if God
existed» than «as if there were no God.» 

Just as Pope John
XXIII called on the great nations of Europe and the West to avoid a
devastating nuclear war, today Benedict XVI addresses for the last time
all of Europe and the West so that, by rediscovering their own soul,
they can save themselves and the world from self-destruction. 

«The
ecological movement has recognized and discovered the limit of what can
be done, it has discovered that «nature» sets a limit for us that we
cannot ignore with impunity. Unfortunately, the «ecology of man» has not
yet become concrete. Man also has a «nature» that is given to him; and
denying or violating it leads to destruction.» 
– Benedict XVI

«With
the clarity, the immediate accessibility and at the same time the depth
that characterize him, Benedict XVI magnificently outlines that ‘idea
of Europe’ that has undoubtedly inspired its founding Fathers and that
is at the foundation of its greatness and whose definitive obfuscation
would sanction its complete and irreversible decline.»
– Pope Francis, from the Introduction

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