"non si riferisce a Dio"


Pope disappointed by EU rights charter
Pope John Paul II criticised a new European charter of fundamental
rights for not referring to God on Saturday and said human dignity is
being violated by certain laws.
In a message marking the 1,200th anniversary of the coronation of
Charlemagne as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the pope criticised
pro-abortion policies, mercy killings and genetic engineering.
"The European Union commitment to a charter of fundamental rights is
another attempt at putting together fundamental values that are to
inspire the people of Europe," said the pope.
But he added he was "disappointed at the lack of any reference to God
which is the supreme source of human dignity and people's fundamental
rights."
"We must not forget that the negation of God and his commandments led,
in the last century, to the tyranny of idols, the glorificaction of
race, class, State, nation and party rather than the one living God,"
he added.
The pontiff said fundamental rights were threatened in "many European
countries by a pro-abortion policy which has been legalised
practically everywhere, a lax attitude towards euthanasia and lately
by draft legislation concerning technologies that do not sufficiently
respect the human quality of embryoes." "It is not enough to emphasise
the dignity of the human being if it is seriously violated by legal
standards," he added.
The charter, which sets down basic civil, social, political and human
rights for the EU's 375 million citizens, was signed at the summit in
Nice on December 7.
( France Press)

December 16, 2000

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