The European Union and the Catholic Church
- The European Union and the Catholic Church
The European Union and the Catholic Church have been involved with each other since the European Economic Community was founded. Many of the founders of the European Union were inspired by Catholic ideals. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/19/wvatic19.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/08/19/ixworld.html Vatican resists drive to canonise EU founder] , by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 19/08/2004]
Recent Events
Some of the more recent events in the relationship have been:
* A disagreement over whether to include a reference to Europe's Christian heritage in the European Constitution [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3029456.stm Pope presses EU on constitution] ]
* The European Parliament refused to ratify Rocco Buttiglione as a European Commissioner because he backed the Catholic Church's view that homosexuality was a sin [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3967463.stm EU row candidate stands down] ]
* The European Union endorsed the Sandbaek Report, increasing funding for abortion [ [http://www.comece.org/comece.taf?_function=news_archive&_sub=&id=70&language=en EU funds must not be used for abortions in developing countries] , Commission of the Bishop's Conferences of the European Commission, Press Release, 13 February 2003]
* The funding of stem cell research by the European Union [ [http://www.christiantoday.com/article/roman.catholic.church.outraged.at.eu.stem.cell.funding.decision/7063.htm Roman Catholic Church Outraged at EU Stem Cell Funding Decision] ]
* The European Parliament passed a motion [ [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2006-0261+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN A framework strategy for non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all] ] calling for the compulsory recognition of same-sex unions across the whole of the European Union [ [http://www.euro-fam.org/scripts/spop/articleINT.php?&LG=EN&XMLCODE=2006-06-27-1608 European Parliament calls for legal recognition of same-sex unions in all EU states] , 27 June 2006, euro-fam]
ee also
*Religion in the European Union
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