[CNA/EWTN News] True freedom rejects mere consumption and satisfaction and embraces a duty to rescue the migrant, to save women from violence, and to help young people struggling to work and care for their families. In short, freedom includes responsibility towards God and neighbour, Europe’s Christian leaders have said.

“Our Christian freedom is God-given, rooted in Christ, and calls us into a life of service of one another. Christ challenges us to use our freedom to bring about the Kingdom of God in the here and now,” said the joint message from the Council of the European Bishops Conferences and the Conference of European Churches.

“There is no freedom unless this freedom is with and for others,” it added.

The May 8 message came at the conclusion of a Rome meeting of the Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches and the Council of the European Bishops Conferences. The meeting focused on the theme “For a Europe of Freedom and Liberties: a Christian Approach.”

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