Second, time in 65 years the Charlemagne prize goes to the Holy Father. After Poland, John Paul II. And the Argentine now Francis is honored. Francis had sent many citizens of Europe in the crisis a “message of hope and encouragement”.
The Charlemagne Prize 2016 goes to Pope Francis. That gave the Charlemagne Prize Board and the city of Aachen on Wednesday. The award ceremony is – different than usual – 2016, however, not be held in Aachen, but in Rome. An exact date is not fixed yet. The prize is awarded for outstanding service to European unification since the 1950s.
The European Union has experienced in recent years, crises and setbacks, presented the Charlemagne Prize Board firmly into the ground. “During this time, in the search for many citizens in Europe orientation, sends His Holiness Pope Francis a message of hope and encouragement from” it said literally. The Pope was a “voice of conscience” who exhort, to place people at the center. And the recall that Europe is committed to realize peace, freedom, justice, democracy and solidarity – based on the ideals of its founding fathers.
Francis – born in Buenos Aires – had held an urgent speech to the European Parliament, inter alia, in November 2014th In it, he pleaded for a united Europe that does not turn around the economy, and for solidarity with the poor and elderly. The Pope had critically stated that it was not only the debate about the refugees who “convey an impression of fatigue, aging and lack of fertility” Europe could, explained the Charlemagne Prize Board. On the resulting questions Francis give yourself answers.
2015 had received the medal EU Parliament President Martin Schulz. Even a pope has ever awarded – John Paul II received the 2004 in Rome, however, an “extraordinary” Charlemagne Prize.. When Francis is contrast to the traditional distinction. He is the 58th winner of the award, which is named after Charlemagne (747 / 748-814).
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