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6/25/05

HoustonChronicle.com - Anti-EU: New pope's book criticizes European Union, abortion laws

HoustonChronicle.com

Anti-EU: New pope's book criticizes European Union, abortion laws

The Europe of Benedict, in the Crisis of Cultures contains material first written in 1992 and updated as recently as early this year, shortly before Benedict's election, according to the Cantagalli publishing house. There are no immediate plans for an English translation.

Ratzinger was a stern critic of the European Union's refusal to make any mention of the continent's Christian roots in a proposed constitution, seeing it as another symptom of a continent of increasingly empty churches often hostile to religion.

He blamed the "cynicism of a secularized culture that negates its own roots" and took issue with those who contend Jews or Muslims would be offended by mentioning Christianity in the charter.

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