Last
November 25
Pope
Francis
visited the European institution. During the visit he made a speech
in front of the
European
Parliament.
The last
pope
who
had addressed to this Assembly
was
Pope
John
Paul
II.
In
this
speech
the
Pope
spoke
about
various
issues
affecting
the
European community,
including
religion.
Often
in
his
speech, the
Pope
spoke
of
religion
indirectly
in
several ways.
In
some
cases
he reported quotes
not
directly related to
religion
but
which
are
taken
from
the speeches
of
previous
popes (
John
Paul
II
and
Benedict
XVI),
or
from other
religious
sources.
In
other
cases
the Pope used
typical
values
of
Christian culture
for example the
Manichean
vision
of
the
world
divided
between
good and evil,
or
the idea of creation when he talked about ecology.
Also
the idea of transcendence
that
means
something
stands
beyond
the
objective
reality.
In
the central part
he
faced
directly
the
issue of
religion.
He gave some advice.
According
to the
Pope
it
is
important
for Europe to
take
into account
the
religion
not as a threat to
secularism
but
as
an enrichment.
Europe
should also
promote
its
diversity,
even
its
religious
one, and respect
religious
minorities.
In the last part of the speech he focused on Christianity. For the Pope there is a strong link between Europe and Christianity, not always positive, but that is still part of its identity.
In the last part of the speech he focused on Christianity. For the Pope there is a strong link between Europe and Christianity, not always positive, but that is still part of its identity.
Analyzing
the speech we can see different features. In the first part of the
speech the Pope repeated several times the same expressions: first
when he referred to the message he wanted to give, he kept saying “it
is a message of..”, after when he spoke about the various problems
that hinder respect for human dignity he kept repeating "what
dignity" at the beginning of three sentences. These repetitions
are used to make the speech more incisive and in the second case are
used as claptraps. Other claptraps arguments are “poorest and
starving people”, “religious minorities” ,”migrants and
helpless people” in general.
In
the last part he kept repeating who he was addressing to, to draw the
attention of the audience (for example "Ladies and gentlemen,
members of the European parliament").
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