MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - The...

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was addressing an audience of over 7,000 young people in the city of Vitebsk during a visit to Belarus, whose Orthodox Church is subordinate to the Moscow Patriarchate.

"European values - human freedom, rights, laws - are good. But there is great danger in the modern development of Europe, which is breaking away from its religious roots," he said.

"Now they are only inclined to pay attention to the consequences, without considering the lawgiver," the patriarch said, citing the European leaders" refusal to even mention Europe"s Christian roots in the EU Constitution despite requests from the Vatican.

He also strongly criticized the rise of homosexual marriage and euthanasia.

"Homosexuality is a topic that has stopped worrying Europeans. A lawful marriage is equal to a homosexual one - that is how they understand freedom of choice there," Kirill said.

"An English baroness, a philosopher, proposes that old

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