Le relazioni tra Santa Sede e Unione europea

This paper traces the Holy See’s complex legal relations with the EU, ranging from dialogue with European institutions to the creation, by international agreement, of a ‘common’ law in monetary and financial matters, which is very dense, technical, and varied. At the end of the reading, it will be realised that the Church is neither distant, nor far from the process of European integration. It rather intends to support the latter, recalling the spiritual values of peace and respect for human rights upon which the Church is founded: in short, the Christian roots of the EU’s edifice.