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| Europe's Values Shouldn't Be Discarded In Wake Of Migrants Influx, Pope Says |
| 2016-01-12 |
| [NRTTV] Pope Francis warned on Monday (Jan. 11) that the recent influx of migrants and refugees risked overwhelming European values, but said he was confident that the continent could successfully open it's arms and integrate the newcomers. In an annual address to diplomats at the Vatican City, the pope said the flood of new arrivals, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, was a major burden for Europe and had given rise to "significant" fears over security and international terrorism. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... Pope Francis stressed the need for Europe to maintain it's principles of humanity when dealing with the influx of migrants. "The present wave of migration seems to be undermining the foundations of that "humanistic spirit" which Europe has always loved and defended. Yet there should be no loss of the values and principles of humanity, respect for the dignity of every person, subsidiarity and solidarity," he said. Despite the "inevitable difficulties" in trying to absorb the migrants, who brought with them different cultures and traditions, the pope said he hoped European nations would prove capable of integrating and accepting the refugees. "I wish, then, to reaffirm my conviction that Europe, aided by its great cultural and religious heritage, has the means to defend the centrality of the human person and to find the right balance between its twofold moral responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens and to ensure assistance and acceptance to migrants," he said in his 45-minute-long address which he made in Italian. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 If Europeans don't discard their values, the invaders will for sure. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-01-12 17:36 |
| #9 ...but,but,but you were so for the 'Free Stuff' brigade. Now you don't want to share? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-12 09:14 |
| #8 I suspect the Pope has had some turnover in the advisor department. Do you think it is possible to have three living Popes? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-01-12 07:59 |
| #7 "For some of us the term European Values has a meaning, which---I'm sure, this Pope didn't intend. " "Barely half the country accepts their construct of what "our values" are and they have no idea whatsoever what "their values" are, but they assume that just as our values are "our values" so too "their values" are also "our values". This is the sort of thing you do if you're an ideologue." |
| Posted by: newc 2016-01-12 03:14 |
| #6 For some of us the term European Values has a meaning, which---I'm sure, this Pope didn't intend. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-12 02:36 |
| #5 OOOPPPPSSS, my bad, as for the Pope + Vatican I forgot to add ... * SAME > RUSSIAN CHURCH [Russian-Eastern Orthdodox] REPLACES VATICAN AS SEAT OF [true?] CHRISTIANITY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-12 01:52 |
| #4 HHHMMM, HHHHMMMM, "Europe's values"? As like ... * RUSSIA INSIDER > USSR - MEET EUSSR AND USASSR! Global Commies riding the shirt-tails of Global Islamists-Jihadis, OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-12 01:48 |
| #3 It was there before his appointment. Ideology claims all of this earth right now. False Doctrine. It must be shown and proven wrong. Else, there is no use as people will never learn. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-01-12 01:41 |
| #2 A sadly accurate observation, newc. This pope I notice has recently changed his tune. Still thinks and speaks Leftist like a native. But like a certain Saul/Paul, the scales have fallen from his eyes, and he now truly understands the graveness of the situation. Sadly, I think it is yet another case of "too little, far far too late." |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-01-12 01:38 |
| #1 You, like other Popes only seem to get it when they are at the Gates of Vienna. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-01-12 00:36 |