Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighted the role Christianity played in the development of the Western world during his speech at the Munich Security Conference.
“Under President Trump, the United States of America will once again take on the task of renewal and restoration, driven by a vision of a future as proud, as sovereign, and as vital as our civilization’s past,” he declared during the conference. “And while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe.”
Rubio asserted that the United States and Europe “belong together.”
“America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this continent long before. The man who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores carrying the memories and the traditions and the Christian faith of their ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new,” he explained, noting that the U.S. and Europe are “part of one civilization – Western civilization.”
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“We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.”
Discussing issues such as immigration, foreign policy, nuclear programs, and other matters, Rubio urged, “America is charting the path for a new century of prosperity,” and declared that the nation wants to pursue prosperity “together with you, with a Europe that is proud of its heritage and of its history; with a Europe that has the spirit of creation of liberty that sent ships out into uncharted seas and birthed our civilization; with a Europe that has the means to defend itself and the will to survive.”
Ahead of his travels to Munich, Rubio told reporters, “We’re very tightly linked to Europe.”
“I think most people in this country can trace both their cultural or their personal heritage back to Europe, so we’re deeply tied to Europe and our future,” he said. “So we’ve just got to talk about what that future looks like.”
This article originally appeared on American Faith and is reposted with permission.
