Pope Francis has once again proposed transforming education into a \u201ccreator of fraternity, peace and justice.\u201d He did this in a video message prepared for a conference on the Global Compact on Education. The event was hosted by the Vatican at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> In his video message, the pope invited global leaders, institutions and educators to \u201cleave behind superficial approaches to education\u201d focused only on \u201cutility, (standardized) test results, functionality and bureaucracy.\u201d<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope offered seven key points for the future of education. These were respecting human dignity; listening to young people; promoting women's education; recognizing the importance of the family in education; including the vulnerable and marginalized; finding new ways of understanding the economy and politics; and protecting the environment.<\/p>\n Among the speakers were the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, who said education is a common good that should be a catalyst for peace and solidarity; and the prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Card. Giuseppe Versaldi, who seconded the pope's call for a new cultural model.<\/p>\n Gathering global leaders and experts from all sectors, this event was the pope's most ambitious for 2020, but it had been postponed because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n \nCT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 15, 2020. Pope Francis invited global leaders, institutions and educators to \u201cleave behind superficial approaches to education\u201d focused only on utility, functionality and bureaucracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":46145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SYU0JNcYIl4","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bglobalcompacteng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bglobalcompactint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cThe goal of this educational investment, grounded in a network of humane and open relationships, is to ensure that everyone has access to a quality education consonant with the dignity of the human person and our common vocation to fraternity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201c[These] confuse education with instruction and end up atomizing our cultures. Instead, we should aim to impart an integral, participatory and polyhedral culture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n