Madrid, Spain, Jun 24, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of Valencia, Spain, stated this week that Christianity “has a vocation to public witness and active presence in all aspects of life.”
“After two thousand years, Europe is a significant example of the spiritual fertility of Christianity, which cannot be relegated to the private sector,” said the Archbishop in his latest pastoral letter.
If Europe “prevents the religious and Christian sector from exercising its role of inspiring ethics and its social dimension, it will not only be denying the heritage of the past, it will also place in doubt the future of all Europeans, whether they are believers or not,” he said.
Likewise, the Archbishop said the divorce between one’s faith and one’s public life is not coherent and is “incompatible with the Christian spirit which has molded Europe.”