Posted on 03/29/2018 5:44:52 PM PDT by marshmallow
WARSAW, Poland - The president of the Polish bishops’ conference cautioned Polish and Hungarian political leaders against fostering nationalism and xenophobia as both countries face European Union sanctions over their alleged authoritarian direction.
Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan acknowledged that patriotism “characterizes our nations and is a great value,” but urged vigilance so that patriotic values do not “give rise to … contempt for others.”
“Given our common history, we should strive to be linked not just by a shared past, but also by a shared future,” Gadecki said in his homily March 23 at a Mass for Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day in St. Michael Cathedral in Veszprem, Hungary.
President Andrzej Duda of Poland and President Janos Ader of Hungary attended the Mass, along with church leaders from the two traditionally Catholic countries.
Gadecki said Poles and Hungarians were closely linked by shared historical experiences, from their 10th-century Christian conversion to their re-emergence as parliamentary democracies after the 1989 collapse of communist rule.
He added that both had joined the European Union in May 2004 and should stand together defending Christian values and facing national challenges.
“Yet true friendship isn’t exclusive or closed in its own circle. It should also be open to others, thus presenting new perspectives for the future,” he said.
“We often want to be viewed as the best and wisest, and often develop a false image of our friends. But the self-knowledge process should mean not just highlighting our merits but also admitting our faults and failures.”
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Interesting how the Catholic leadership in Europe seems to want their countries to be wiped out.
Jackass
One of Comrade Pope’s NWO pimps mouths off at the peasants.
There is no good reason for any country to open its borders and let hordes of homicidal savages in.
> Hungary does not want to be a melting pot <
It’s more than just that. This current wave of “immigrants” to Europe totally reject the melting pot model. These “immigrants” come not to assimilate, but to conquer.
The Hungarians know that. And so do the Poles.
Hungary absolutely refuses to let in the hordes of “migrants”. liberally sprinkled with terrorists.
Go, Hungary, go, Orban! (Hungary’s PM)
So where does it define having compassion for your fellow man as allowing them into your country?
The better approach is to assist to make their lives better in THEIR country.
Nations that have experienced being invaded and occupied by rabid muslims remember, Hungary and Poland have a great deal to remember and will not allow a repeat of history.
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