Christianity, Islam and Europe

Last week Sandro Magister gave a talk on the future relationship of Christianity and Islam in Europe at a conference convened by Archbishop Chaput in Denver.  An excerpt:

A new cathedral church was built twelve years ago in Evry, to the south of Paris. It is recognized as the masterpiece of one of the most famous architects in the world, Mario Botta of Switzerland. During Sunday Mass, it is half-empty. But the nearby mosque is overflowing with the faithful. The imam of the mosque, Khalil Merroun, asserted in an interview: “The Catholic Church should not feel Europe belongs to it. The advice I give my Catholic colleagues is to ask themselves why their faithful don’t live their spirituality.”

Read the whole thing here.  (HT: Open Book)

Rob