Pope
Francis in Strasbourg and COMECE: expectations
(Vatican Radio) As we look ahead to the visit
of Pope Francis to the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday November 25th where
he's scheduled to address the European Parliament and the Council of Europe we
bring you an interview with the General Secretary of COMECE, Irishman Father
Patrick Daly. COMECE is the Commission of European Union of Episcopal
Conferences.
In an interview with Linda
Bordoni Father Patrick Daly says he expects huge press coverage and imagines
that the members of the European Parliament who have displayed up until now a
great openness to Pope Francis will show a singular interest not only in the
fact that he is going to be present in Strasbourg but in what he might have to
say to them about situating Europe in the world context, about the key issues,
as he sees it, that define European society today and that determine its
future."
Those he
tells Linda Bordoni are his expectations but he adds that he also imagines Pope
Francis will respect the calling of members of the European Parliament and
share with them his hopes and fears, as the Second Vatican Council said, for
society in Europe and indeed beyond.
Asked to
define some of the issues of concern in Europe at this particular moment Father
Daly highlights the role of elderly European citizens, the high levels of
unemployment and low quality of work on offer for many young people, the
way Europe is "adjusting its place on the world chess board" and the
question of climate and the environment.
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