Pope Francis on Monday
expressed the Vatican's "interest and concern" for Europe and
its future in an address to the diplomatic corps accredited to
the Holy See.
The pontiff said that in the midst of "disruptive drives, it
is of the utmost urgency to update the 'idea of Europe"'.
"All of Europe is going through a key moment in its history
during which it has to find its identity again", the pope also
said.
This requires Europe to rediscover its own roots "in order to
shape its future", he went on to say, stressing that a new idea
of Europe should produce a "new humanism based on the ability to
integrate, dialogue and generate" that have made the so-called
Old Continent great.
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