For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's Christian roots was the driving force.

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The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration,...

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration,...

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the...

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the...

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...