Developing a “catholic”
vision of unity
Pope Francis greets the President of Villanova University, Peter M. Donohue,OSA. (Vatican Media) |
Pope Francis on Saturday meets with the President and
Trustees of Villanova University, telling them the University must address
contemporary ethical and cultural challenges.
By Christopher Wells
The President and Trustees of Villanova University, who are
holding their spring meeting in Rome, were received by Pope Francis in a
special audience on Saturday.
Villanova, located just outside of the American city of
Philadelphia, was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842. Recalling
the school’s Augustinian heritage, Pope Francis said the University was founded
“to preserve and pass on the richness of the Catholic tradition to new
generations of students, who like the young Augustine, seek true meaning and
value in the true life.” To be faithful to that mission, he said, the
University must address “the ethical and cultural challenges” of the modern
world.
A universal vision of unity
Pope Francis identified “the development of a universal,
‘catholic’ vision of the unity of our human family, and a commitment to the
practical solidarity needed to combat the grave inequalities and injustices
that mark today’s world,” as a particularly “urgent aspect of this educational
task.”
The deepest truth of our lives and destiny
Concluding his remarks, Pope Francis turned once again to
the great Bishop of Hippo: “No one knew better than Saint Augustine the
restlessness of the human heart until it finds its rest in the God who, in
Jesus Christ, reveals to us the deepest truth about our lives and our ultimate
destiny.” He expressed his hope that the time spent in Rome would confirm the
trustees in their “commitment to the University’s mission in the service of the
truth that makes us free.”
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