(BUCHAREST) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso hailed on Thursday the role played by the Church in encouraging closer European integration, at a major ecumenical conference in Romania.
"The European Commission has always recognised the commitment of Christian churches, which since the beginning have gone along with and encouraged the great adventure of building Europe," Barroso told participants at the third European Ecumenical Assembly.
"The churches' contribution to the European unification process is even more relevant when looked at in an ecumenical spirit," he added....