'Bells of Europe' - Pope lists 3 reasons of hope for the Continent

October 16, 2012: Pope Benedict XVI has listed three major reasons of hope for the European Continent, in a film titled ‘Bells of Europe’, which was screened for members of Synod 2012 in Vatican on Monday evening. “Bells of Europe" deals with the relationship between Christianity, European culture and the future of the continent.
The film presents extracts from a variety of unique original interviews with major Christian religious personalities, beginning with Pope Benedict XVI. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the former President of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Germany Huber and other personalities of politics and culture are also in the film.
Pope Benedict in the interview said that ‘the first reason for his hope is that the desire for God, the search for God is deeply written in every human soul and cannot disappear. It’s just as true as St. Augustine says, that we men are restless until we find God. This concern also exists today. It’s the hope that man again and again, even today, is raised in this way to God
The second reason for my hope, said the Pontiff, is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is simply true. And the truth does not age. The gospel is true, and therefore never wears out. In all history its new dimensions appear, to meet the needs of the human heart. And so, for this reason, I am convinced that there is also a new springtime of Christianity.
According to Pope Benedict, the third reason of hope for the European continent is that we see that this concern is now working in the youth. Man is created to infinity. All the finite is too little. And so we see how this anxiety is awakened again in the younger generation, and they start their journey. It seems to me that anthropology as such will show us that there will always be new awakenings of Christianity and the facts confirm this with one word: deep foundation. It’s true, and the truth always has a future, added the Pontiff.

The unifying thread of the film is given by the sound of the bells of the different corners of the continent and the fusion of an ancient bell foundry Agnone. The soundtrack is also carried out with the music of the famous Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Powered by Vatican Television Center on an idea of ​​the Father Germano Marani, with the support of several other institutions, including the Gregorian Foundation, the film is now available to RAI Cinema, which owns the rights to the television broadcast and home videos.