EU should respect Church's teaching

Seán B. Cardinal Brady

Function: Archbishop of Armagh

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Birthdate: Aug 16, 1939	Country: Ireland

Elevated: Nov 24, 2007	More information:

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EU should respect Church's teaching
Apr 17, 2008
Cardinal Sean Brady has called for “a Europe of values” in which the European Union respects the Church’s teaching on marriage and euthanasia.

(totalcatholic.com, April 16, 2008) Speaking in Rome, he said that in an increasingly technocratic and economic-driven society, the vision and values which inspired the EU initially could be lost.

“Developing the concept of a Europe of values remains a critical but somewhat unresolved dimension of the European Union,” the cardinal said.

He said he noted that some Christians were suspicious of the EU in matters of ethics and he said it would be regrettable if people misjudged or misrepresented developments on the assumption that the EU was hostile to religious or ethical values.

“People of religious faith who may be natural enthusiasts of the concept of a European Union, increasingly approach European developments with scepticism,” he said.

“They have an expectation that a secular, relativist and utilitarian approach dominates ethical considerations,” he explained, adding that it would appear that the right to maintain a distinctive ethos in religious institutions was constantly under threat”.

Cardinal Brady said issues such as “the nature of marriage, the family or the origin and end of life have to be constantly defended against a dominant centralising and standardising tendency.”

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