The Popes and the Idea of European Unity
While Pius XII was almost existentially bound up with European thought and with the defence against anti-Christian ideologies, his two successors initiated a tentative of opening of the “Western European citadel” towards a dialogue with the outer world. John Paul II relaunched a new evangelisation...
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| Language: | English |
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The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Polonia Sacra |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/poloniasacra/article/view/3911 |
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| Summary: | While Pius XII was almost existentially bound up with European thought and with the defence against anti-Christian ideologies, his two successors initiated a tentative of opening of the “Western European citadel” towards a dialogue with the outer world. John Paul II relaunched a new evangelisation instead of compromises with secularism and Marxism, but maintained a fundamental European optimism, whereas Benedict XVI did not hesitate to admit that the European culture, transformed into a laicist utopia which substitutes God by the obstinate self-will of man, could disappear, too.
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| ISSN: | 1428-5673 2391-6575 |