Representatives of Europe’s Churches met with the Taoiseach recently, saying the crises facing the continent required a return to the founding ideals of European integration – a project shaped by Catholic statesmen in the post-war era.
Bishop Mariano Crociata of Latina, head of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, joined other Church leaders in a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin on July 9. They discussed the many issues facing Europe today – migration, the war in Ukraine, the development of its defence capabilities and the erosion of multilateralism – and called for the bloc to renew its “commitment to the EU’s founding vision”.
