Pope Francis shared a veritable agenda to enable a new start for Europe with participants in "Re-Thinking Europe. “Now is not the time, then, to dig trenches, but instead to work courageously to realize the founding fathers’ dream of a united and harmonious Europe, a community of peoples desirous of sharing a future of development and peace”.
“Entrenchment in one’s own positions only leads to failure. Now is not the time, then, to dig trenches, but instead to work courageously to realize the founding fathers’ dream of a united and harmonious Europe, a community of peoples desirous of sharing a future of development and peace.” On Saturday afternoon, speaking before an audience of 350 participants attending the dialogue forum on “(Re)Thinking Europe”, held in the Vatican October 27 to 29 on the initiative of the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), in cooperation with the Secretary of State, Pope Francis spoke words of encouragement to pursue the European project. The Pope recalled the Battle of Caporetto, one of the most tragic battles of the First World War, the culmination of a conflict with the sad record of death and destruction. Europe must cherish the memory of its history to look at the future with hope. Church dignitaries and high-ranking political leaders convened in the Synod Hall where the Pope delivered his speech. Among them figured Franz Timmermans, first Vice-President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, and Ms. Mairead McGuinness, First Vice-President of the European Parliament.

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