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‘The Church dies and resurrects again’ - Rocco Buttiglione on Pope Francis, the decline of Europe, and the future of the Church

"The Church dies and resurrects again. The only important thing in life is to see the saints in your time and to follow them."

The Pillar
May 31, 2023
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Rocco Buttiglione is a political science professor at Saint Pius V University in Rome, as well as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. 

Rocco Buttiglione. Credit: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile via Flickr. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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He has served as a Minister for European Affairs and as the vice president of the Italian Chamber of Depu…

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