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Pope St. John Paul II. Image from Wikimedia Commons
By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture, Dec 06, 2025
Peter Wolfgang is president of Family Institute of Connecticut Action, a Hartford-based advocacy organization whose mission is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society. His work has appeared in The Hartford Courant, the Waterbury Republican-American, Crisis Magazine, Columbia Magazine, the National Catholic Register, CatholicVote, Catholic World Report, the Stream and Ethika Politika. ..
“Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure,’” reads a headline in the New York Times yesterday. According to the subheading, “America’s goal should be ‘to help Europe correct its current trajectory,’ the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.”
Leaders in Europe are not happy to see the unpleasant truths about them spoken aloud in the new U.S. Strategy. But I am. This has been decades in the making. They should have listened to Pope St. John Paul II when they had the chance.
The Times reports:
In a section called “Promoting European Greatness,” the document offers a searing critique of America’s closest allies. It warns that Europe is on a path to becoming “unrecognizable” because of migration policies that it claims are undermining the national identities of European countries. ….
