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Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now barely able to keep Europe Christian? If we lose sight of this, the idea of Europe could become a minority interest in its own continent.

We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home to people in a relevant way.

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'

What sort of Europe do we want to have? Parallel societies? Muslim communities living together with the Christian community?

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

At the end of the 30 Years War then, Europe broadly decided to separate the sacred from the secular in its political culture. I know that is an oversimplification, but it is instructive, and it led to a growth in religious tolerance that has characterized the best of Western life since.

The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

Understanding the need for religion is a far superior goal to bashing it.

We need a new religion.

We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.