Pope Francis: The power of
education for a more fraternal humanity
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| Pope greets participants of Plenary of the Congregation for catholic Education (Vatican Media) |
Pope Francis addresses participants of the Plenary of the
Congregation for Catholic Education, urging them to “unite efforts in a broad
educational alliance to form mature people, capable of overcoming fragmentation
and opposition and rebuild the fabric of relationships for a more fraternal
humanity".
By Vatican News
“Education is a dynamic reality; it is a movement that
brings people to light.” Those were the words of Pope Francis to participants
of the Plenary of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
Speaking to those gathered in the Vatican on Thursday, the
Pope stated that education “is a peculiar kind of movement, with
characteristics that make it a dynamism of growth, oriented to the full
development of the person in their individual and social dimension.”
Ecological movement
He went on to say, that one aspect of education “is that it
is an ecological movement.”
The Pope said that “education that has at its centre the
person in his or her integral reality has the purpose of bringing him or her to
the knowledge of himself or herself, of the common home in which he or she
lives, and above all to the discovery of fraternity as a relationship that
produces the multicultural composition of humanity, a source of mutual
enrichment.”
This educational movement, Pope Francis underlined “requires,
of course, educators capable of resetting the pedagogical itineraries of an
ecological ethic, so that they may effectively help towards a growth in
solidarity, responsibility and care based on compassion".
Inclusive movement
The Pontiff went on to describe education as a “an inclusive
movement.” - an inclusion, he said, that works for the excluded and “takes the
form of educational actions in favour of refugees, victims of human
trafficking, migrants, without any distinction of sex, religion or ethnicity.”
Inclusion is not a modern invention, he added, “but an
integral part of the Christian saving message.”
The Pope highlighted that education “is a peacemaking
movement, a bearer of peace.” He also noted that another typical element of
education is that is it “a team movement.”
He pointed out, however that “this team movement has long
been in crisis for various reasons.”
Global Educational Pact
With that in mind, Pope Francis told those present that he
felt the need to promote a day for the global educational pact to be marked on
May 14 next, which will be entrusted to the Congregation for Catholic
Education.
The Pope described it as “an appeal to all those who have
political, administrative, religious and educational responsibilities to
rebuild the ‘village of education’.” The aim, he said, was to "to revive
the commitment for and with the younger generations, renewing the passion for a
more open and inclusive education, capable of patient listening, constructive
dialogue and mutual understanding.” The educational pact, he underlined needed
to be “revolutionary”.
“Never before, he continued, has there been such a need to
unite efforts in a broad educational alliance to form mature people, capable of
overcoming fragmentation and opposition and rebuild the fabric of relationships
for a more fraternal humanity".
To achieve these goals takes courage, Pope Francis stressed,
"the courage to put the person at the centre.”
In this broad horizon of education, the Pope encouraged
those gathered to continue to make strides in the implementation of the pact
for the coming years, in particular in the drafting of a Directory, and in the
establishment of a World Observatory.
These are all commitments, he concluded, “which can
contribute effectively to consolidating the pact, in the way taught to us by
the Word of God”.
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