Pope creates office to ‘promote a renewed evangelisation’ in Europe

THE Vatican has announced the creation of a new office to fight secularisation and “re-evangelise” Europe.

The move is being seen as an acknowledgment by Pope Benedict that his attempts to re-invigorate Christianity in Europe haven’t succeeded and need a boost.

The Pope announced the new office during a vespers’ service on Monday and said that while parts of the world were still missionary territory, in other places like Europe, Christianity has existed for centuries yet “the process of secularisation has produced a serious crisis of the sense of the Christian faith and role of the Church”.