Catholic philosopher and media executive Emmanuel Tourpe believes an emerging Catholic revival in Europe could come up against a Church still ill-prepared to dialogue with the generations driving it.
ZERMATT, Switzerland — At a time when unexpected signs of a Catholic revival are multiplying across Europe, the question of whether the Church is prepared to respond is becoming increasingly pressing.
For French philosopher and seasoned media executive Emmanuel Tourpe, the key to responding to this revival is to make communication a missionary priority and to focus that evangelizing message on the Christian understanding of love.
Speaking with the Register on the sidelines of the ninth international Zermatt Summit — held Sept. 17-19 in the Swiss Alps on the theme “Reviving Europe: Faced with ideologies, choosing the common good. A plea for realism.” — Tourpe argued that these two unfinished tasks are intimately connected.
Tourpe, who has held senior positions in European media, has spent much of his career moving between the worlds of ideas and communications. His work has focused extensively on the Christian understanding of love.
His latest book, Politique de l’amour: Une théorie sociale chrétienne (Politics of Love: A Christian Social Theory), provided the basis for
