30 April 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE (CVX) – MISSIONARY STUDENTS’ LEAGUE OF ITALY

Paul VI Audience Hall

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS POSED BY ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE

 

[…] May your style of brotherhood, which you are undertaking in projects of welcoming of migrants in Sicily, make you generous in educating the young, both within your association and in schools. St Ignatius understood that it was essential to begin with youth in order to renew society and thus he encouraged the opening of schools. And from there the first Marian Congregations were born. In the wake of this bright and fruitful apostolic style, you too can be active in the various education institutions, Catholic and state, present in Italy, as you already do in many parts of the world. May there always be the joy of Gospel witness, together with a delicate approach and respect for others at the heart of your pastoral work. […]