{"id":1561,"date":"2022-09-29T11:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catforumroma.it\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:16:18","slug":"jp2-lecture-joseph-weiler-a-non-christian-europe-is-it-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catforumroma.it\/it\/jp2-lecture-joseph-weiler-a-non-christian-europe-is-it-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"JP2 Lecture: Joseph Weiler \u201cA Non-Christian Europe \u2013 Is It Possible?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"has_top scroll_top fixed scrolled_not_transparent page_header scrolled\">\n<div class=\"header_inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"header_top_bottom_holder\">\n<div class=\"header_bottom clearfix\">\n<nav class=\"main_menu drop_down right\"><i>There is only one meaningful sense in which Europe could be truly Christian: If a majority of its citizens and residents were faithful, practicing Christians. If one is to accept this as the determinant criterion, as Benedict XVI (who is to John Paul II what Joshua was to Moses) has said more than once, faithful, practicing Christians have become a minority in Europe. In this sense, a Non-Christian Europe is not merely possible, it is a reality.\u00a0<\/i><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content content_top_margin\">\n<div class=\"content_inner\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"container_inner default_template_holder\">\n<article id=\"post-53288\" class=\"post-53288 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-academics category-announcements category-news tag-angelicum tag-aquinas tag-europe tag-gp2-2 tag-istituto-di-cultura-san-giovanni-paolo-ii-2 tag-john-paul-ii tag-joseph-weiler tag-jp2-lectures tag-jpii tag-op-2 tag-st-john-paul-ii-institute-of-culture\">\n<div class=\"post_content_holder\">\n<div class=\"post_text\">\n<div class=\"post_text_inner\">\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"full_section_inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"lb_column wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element lb_column_text\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><i>This said, it is quite another thing if Europe is to become, and there are alarming signs in this respect, Anti-Christian \u2013 Christophobic. Put differently, if Europe is to turn its back on the fundamental, indispensable centrality of the Christian tradition and ethic to Europe\u2019s cultural and moral identity and if secularism is to become the new \u2018Confessional State\u2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The most pressing issue is what role and strategy Christians should play and adopt in the face of this emerging reality. It is to this issue that the comments in my lecture will be addressed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>J.H.H. Weiler <\/b>is University Professor at NYU Law School and Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard. He served previously as President of the European University Institute, Florence. Prof. Weiler is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL) and the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON). He is the recipient of a doctorate honoris causa from the Catholic University of America. One of his notable books is <i>Un\u2019Europa Cristiana: Un saggio esplorativo<\/i> which has been translated into eight languages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is only one meaningful sense in which Europe could be truly Christian: If a majority of its citizens and residents were faithful, practicing Christians. 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