The Popes and the Idea of European Unity
The Popes and the Idea of European Unity
Author(s): Emília HrabovecSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: John XXIII; Paul VI; John Paul II; Benedict XVI; Christian civilisation; European unity
Summary/Abstract: 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.
Journal: Polonia Sacra
- Issue Year: 25/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 119-135
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English