Pope Francis was greeted by standing applause by Sophia University in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
It's an educational center founded by Jesuits in 1913 and was the first Catholic university in this country.<\/p>\n
In his speech, the pope emphasized the university's mission is not only to offer knowledge, especially in a country like Japan.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Pope Francis recalled these young people must put their abilities to the service of those who need it most.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope did not want to say goodbye without thanking the whole Japanese community for their affectionate welcome to him in the Japanese lands.<\/p>\n As a symbol of affection for Pope Francis, students and teachers gave him a very significant gift. They gave him a sculpture of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. Due to its close resemblance to the Virgin Mary, Christians would use it to pray without being discovered during persecution in Nagasaki.<\/p>\n Pope Francis gifted them a silver engraving of the Virgin as a token of his visit. After saying goodbye to some of the students, he left the building to applause.<\/p>\n \u00c1ngeles Conde. November 26, 2019. The last event in Japan was a visit to Sophia University, founded by Jesuits in 1913.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z2A0LGt4o94","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapasofiauniversityeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapasofiauniversityint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47350"}],"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=47350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cIn a society as competitive and technologically oriented as present-day Japan, this university should be a center not only of intellectual formation, but also a place where a better society and a more hope-filled future can take shape.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cQuality university education should not be the privilege of a few, but constantly informed by the effort to serve justice and the common good. A service to be carried out by each one in the sector in which he or she is called to work. This is a concern that regards everyone. Peter\u2019s advice to Paul remains true today: that we not forget the poor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTranslated: Rachel Dobrzynski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"