Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-05-Speech-1-121"
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"Madam President, Marx once said that religion is the opium of the people. One hundred and fifty years have passed since then, and there is no longer any point to such idiotic statements. Churches of all denominations, including the Catholic Church, are a part of Europe. They are not only part of European history, but also part of life in Europe today, since it is churches that shape the citizens of our countries. Communities and nations are the first to benefit from dialogue, or even cooperation, between churches.
I can provide many positive examples from my own country, Poland, of action taken by the Catholic Church and other churches. There are four places of worship close to my home in the town of Wrocław, namely a Catholic church, an Orthodox church, a Protestant church and a Jewish synagogue. All of these different faiths coexist alongside each other in our town and cooperate with the Wrocław authorities, which is a fine example of good cooperation.
In recent days the churches in America, and particularly in New Orleans, have demonstrated that they are capable of more than the incompetent state administration."@en1
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