Vatican's Cardinal Parolin Receives EU Merit Award, Urges Europe Toward Peace

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, representing Pope Leo XIV, received the inaugural European Order of Merit at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg and called on Europe to renew its commitment to peace rooted in Christian values and human dignity. This convergence of Vatican authority with a unified European political institution reflects the growing alignment between religious and governmental power structures that Scripture warns will characterise the end-times global order. Revelation 17 describes a powerful religious entity wielding influence over the nations, while Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 point to a revived European-rooted world system operating in the last days.