GERMANY - After meeting US President Donald Trump in May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe can't rely anymore on the US and the UK and needs to go its own way. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munch, Germany, said on Friday that he agrees, saying Europe should "fight on the global scene for human rights, for a global community of humanity, like the pope says, the one house of creation.” Marx spoke with Crux during a break in the “Dialogue (Re) Thinking Europe” conference, taking place in the Vatican October 27-29.
During his opening remarks, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, also spoke about the importance of Europe’s unity. “The outcome of the British referendum last year, and the tendency to fragmentation sweeping the continent, have led the (Pope) to consider the urgent need to promote a more wide-ranging and focused reflection on Europe as a whole and on its future direction, even beyond the confines of the European Union,” Parolin said.