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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister-designate, Mateusz Morawiecki, says he dreams of Europe becoming “re-Christianised” and is defending the migration policies of his ruling party which have caused tensions with the European Union. Morawiecki gave his first interview since being designated prime minister Friday to the Catholic TV Trwam station, describing his dream of seeing an increasingly secular Europe return to its Christian roots. The 49-year-old Catholic father of four said that “unfortunately, in many places carols are not sung, churches are empty and are converted into museums,” calling this a great source of sadness to him. He also...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged Europeans to stand against the “Sovietisation” of Europe and said the continent must close its borders to migrants, at an event Sunday commemorating the anti-communist uprising of 1956.Warning that the European Union (EU) must not be turned into a “modern age empire”, Mr. Orbán defended the nation state and insisted the continent should hold on to its Christian roots. “People who love their freedom must save Brussels from Sovietisation, from people who want to tell us who we should live with in our countries,” the Prime Minister told the crowd gathered in Budapest. He...

The London Times has reported that Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain next year. If this wonderful news is confirmed it will mark the first official visit by a Pope. Pope John Paul II made a pastoral visit in 1982. The Times reports that this historic visit will soon be confirmed by the Vatican. It will take place next September. Further, that “…during his time in the country, expected to take place in September next year, Pope Benedict will have a meeting with the Queen, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and will be accorded the full panoply of...

Final Message of First Meeting of Christian MovementsSTUTTGART, Germany, MAY 11, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Europe was urged not to limit itself to being a market, since the experience of the Holocaust showed that, without transcendent values, the continent can breed the worst evils. That was the sober message issued at the close of the first meeting ever of Christian movements in Europe. The meeting, held here last week under the theme "Together Pro-Europe," attracted 10,000 people representing some 150 movements and communities of Catholics, evangelicals, Anglicans and Orthodox. People in 150 cities followed the event via a satellite broadcast. "Europe has...