VATICAN CITY, DEC 10, 2004 (VIS) - The Pontifical Culture for Culture, in a press release published today in English on the December 10-11 visit of council president, Cardinal Paul Poupard, to Minsk, Belarus, summarized the cardinal's keynote speech on "Christianity and the Challenges of Secularism, Unbelief and Religious Indifference." He will speak at 5 p.m. today at a conference on spiritual values in Europe, organised by the Saints Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute and hosted by the Orthodox Church.
"In his talk, Cardinal Paul Poupard states that the Christian faith is an essential factor of Europe and the Churches today are faced with the challenge of confronting secularism, indifference and unbelief among Europeans in order to ensure that Europe continues to be a community that thrives on veritable values. He examines what we mean by values and underlines that true values have their source in God. The natural law can be found at the basis of all values, which are universal but lived out in different cultures."
"In order to combat relativism, secularism and indifference, producers of grave social problems and deniers of the values of truth, of the dignity of the human person, and of the inspiration of beauty, he suggests that due attention be given to the meeting between the Gospel and cultures. He points out how the faith is still a factor for Europe in the restoration of values through both lungs of Christianity, particularly through Christian cultural."
CON-C/CHRISTIANITY EUROPE/MINSK:POUPARD VIS 20041210 (240)
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