{"id":349514,"date":"2024-06-11T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/together4europe.org\/?p=349514"},"modified":"2024-07-20T04:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:46:38","slug":"christian-roots-and-the-future-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/christian-roots-and-the-future-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Roots and the Future of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let’s talk about Europe – Let’s pray for Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

On 9 May, on the evening of Europe Day 2024, Jeff Fountain, Director of the Schuman Centre for European Studies in Amsterdam, and former Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger spoke at an online conference<\/strong> on the topic: Let us speak and pray for Europe.<\/em> More than 100 participants in Europe followed the keynote speeches with great interest.<\/p>\n\n

The conference was enthusiastically prepared together by a group consisting of members of the YMCA in Esslingen\/Germany, ENC in Bratislava\/Slovakia and the Focolare Movement in Vienna\/Austria.<\/p>\n\n

Jeff Fountain<\/strong> ha discusso nella sua presentazione la storia dell’Europa e le origini della Giornata dell’Europa e ha citato, tra gli altri, l’ateo Richard Dawkins: \u201cNon si pu\u00f2 capire l’Europa senza capire il cristianesimo e la Bibbia\u201d. Il 9 maggio 1950, il ministro degli Esteri francese Robert Schuman annunci\u00f2 l’accordo sul carbone e l’acciaio tra Germania, Italia e Francia con un discorso di soli tre minuti. Adenauer, De Gasperi e Schuman, insieme ai Paesi del Lussemburgo e del Belgio, posero in seguito la prima pietra della Casa Europea dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale concretizzando quell\u2019accordo, chiamato CECA. \u201cQuesta \u00e8 la storia che dobbiamo raccontare ai nostri figli e ai figli dei nostri figli ancora e ancora\u201d. Leggi il discorso di Jeff Fountain (inglese) >><\/a><\/p>\n\n

Eduard Heger<\/strong> outlined the problems of our time. To overcome wars, migration, climate change, polarisation and fake news, Heger called on Christians to bring the good news of the Gospel into politics. Heger affirmed: \u2018Forgiveness, hope and love can change the world and bring long-desired peace\u2019.<\/p>\n\n

A discussion with the speakers then followed. From the Netherlands: \u2018For me, this means that I have to start making peace in my immediate environment. Many small steps then make a big difference’. \u2018Unity is strength, that is, connecting with like-minded people to achieve a common goal,\u2019 commented a student from Maastricht.<\/p>\n\n

Beatriz Lauenroth <\/em><\/p>\n\n

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