杏MAP导航

By Lisa Zengarini

杏MAP导航 Francis met on Thursday with a delegation from the Catholic publishing group "La Scuola," one of Italy鈥檚 leaders in the education sector.

The company was founded in 1904 in Brescia, in northern Italy, by a group of laypeople and clergy who wanted to promote Catholic-inspired education in Italian schools. It has since expanded by acquiring other Italian Catholic publishing houses, SEI and Capitello.

In his address, 杏MAP导航 Francis praised the company鈥檚 pedagogical expertise and ongoing service to education. 

He said their accomplishments over the past 120 years have fulfilled the wishes expressed by 杏MAP导航 Saint Paul VI in 1965 when receiving a delegation from La Scuola Editrice, to whose foundation his father had contributed.  

The 杏MAP导航 commended their resilience in facing competition and adapting to the changing Italian cultural landscape marked by growing indifference to religious values.

He noted that their 鈥減assion鈥� for education and the formation of educators 鈥渞eflects the awareness that forming young people in the values of the Gospel provides an essential contribution to a society of responsible individuals capable of building bonds of fraternity with everyone.鈥�

Indeed, being Catholic, the 杏MAP导航 remarked, recalling his Encyclical Letter Fratelli tutti, involves embracing the good found everywhere, as taught by the Second Vatican Council. 鈥淭his," he said, "leads to an open and dialogical attitude towards everyone.鈥�

The core task of education, he added. is not merely about knowledge but about fostering human and spiritual growth.

Educating, said the 杏MAP导航, means 鈥渉elping to think well, to feel well鈥攖he language of the heart鈥攁nd to act well鈥攖he language of the hands.鈥�  

鈥淭his vision,鈥� the 杏MAP导航 remarked, 鈥渋s particularly relevant today, as we feel the need for an educational pact capable of uniting families, schools, and society as a whole鈥� to address the epochal changes of our times. 

"Far from being a reason for lament or fear,鈥� the 杏MAP导航 said these changes represent 鈥渁 new opportunity鈥� to 鈥渃ultivate a thirst for knowledge and wisdom鈥� in the new generations.

He  recalled that 鈥渢he Bible teaches us that in moments of crisis, the voices of prophets have shown horizons of hope.鈥�

Concluding, 杏MAP导航 Francis, encouraged the Editrice "La Scuola" to continue its mission of fostering fraternity and hope through education, in line with their founders' goal.