[wideawake]

The author presumes that the Pope is worried about the Church's continued existence.

To the contrary, he has absolutely no worries on that score.

What he is very worried about is the eternal fate of the souls of Europeans.

By abandoning the faith they are fatally injuring themselves.

Christianity can survive without Europe, but Europe cannot survive without Christ.

[Nihil Obstat]

This, he queried in his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message to 10,000 faithful in St Peter's Square"

I watched the address, there were at least 100,000 people there in Saint Peter's square alone. Wonder why she reduced the count.