He has a point here.
Not because the EU's policies are always good for humanity; they aren't. But because the idea of European integration—uniting people of different countries as equal citizens of a joint supranational democracy—is more humanist than the opposing principle of national sovereignty.
Manuel Müller
Speaking in Madrid yesterday, Pope Leo XIV stated: "I encourage you to nurture the process of the European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity."