Sunday, June 20, 2021

Papal Notes - Canonization to make a Political Point

 ...and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Revelation 18:3
 
"Pope Francis has authorized the promulgation of a Decree
advancing the causes for canonization of European statesman Robert Schuman.

The Church has recognised the heroic virtues of Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of European unity, thus according him the title “Venerable.”

Robert Schuman (1886-1963) was a French Catholic committed to politics –At the end of the war, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of France in 1945 and 1946. 

As a member of parliament, he took on important roles in the French government: Minister of Finance, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, becoming a moral
point of reference for the country and working for the creation of a common system of economic and social growth. Together with Konrad Adenauer and Alcide De Gasperi, he is considered one of the founding fathers of a united Europe

Their work led to the Treaty of Rome of 25 March 1957, which established the European Economic Community. In 1958 he was elected by acclamation as the first President of the new European Parliament. 
The following year he was struck down by a severe form of cerebral
sclerosis. Unable to continue his work, he was appointed honorary president of the European Parliamentary Assembly. He died in Scy-Chazelles (France) on 4th September 1963, at the age of 77."
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