Ya gotta love Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput. He has attacked America's moral and theological loosening, and now he tells Europe what he thinks of their increasingly-godless ways. Link. Excerpts:
Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput waved a red flag before an -international audience Thursday in Spain, accusing Europe of growing religious intolerance and abusing Christianity.
"Europe has given the whole world the seeds of democracy," he told government ministers from 55 nations, according to a text of his speech. "Today's growing anti-religious and often anti-Christian spirit undermines that witness." . . .
In his address, Chaput traced Europe's Christian roots and decried abandonment of that heritage by the continent's prevailing culture.
Secularism has been a growing influence in Europe. The European Union's constitution makes no mention of the continent's Christian heritage. There also is momentum to extend euthanasia laws and marriage rights to gay couples.
Chaput cited legal restrictions of religious expression and open contempt of religious symbols.
"Programs like How To Cook a Crucifix (a show aired on Spanish TV last December), and sacramental confessions recorded without the confessor's knowledge are deeply contemptuous of Catholic believers," Chaput said.
