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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2021-04-01
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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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| spelling | doaj-art-9dcbb7db909f490eb7c9777e1c70cc5d2025-02-11T22:59:25ZengThe Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakowPolonia Sacra1428-56732391-65752021-04-0125110.15633/ps.3911The Popes and the Idea of European UnityEmília Hrabovec 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. http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/poloniasacra/article/view/3911John XXIIIPaul VIJohn Paul IIBenedict XVIChristian civilisationEuropean unity |
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