“Greetings to the most beautiful thing that Naples has: the Neapolitans”. This is how Pope Francis took leave of the Councilor for Education and Families of the Municipality of Naples, Laura Striano, who spoke in the Vatican at the meeting for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Pontificia Scholas Occurrentes to which the Municipality of Napoli has chosen to join the Project as a partner “Scholas Citizenship – Naples Educational City” with a resolution approved by the Board.
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During the meeting the Holy Father he spoke with the Scholas community, on the fate of the world and welcomed 'with joy' the news of the entry of the City of Naples among the partners of the initiative. Occurrent Schools It is an organization of pontifical right present in a network of 190 countries to promote a culture of encounter among young people.
The key project of Scholas Occurrentes is “Scholas Cittadinanza”, created for the first time in Buenos Aires in 2001 involving, since then, over 15 thousand students in more than 22 countries. “The overall objective of the programme – Striano explained – is to promote a culture of encounter among young people and encourage an education inspired by peaceful coexistence, civic values and active civic participation.
These principles can represent a useful measure to combat school dropout, social, cultural and economic degradation, as well as to promote and support the value of active citizenship as an educational asset".
Among the actions foreseen by the project, a survey on the problems that the young people themselves identify as relevant for their community and an action-research process aimed at presenting the results to the authorities and the educational community to find appropriate solutions together.
The target population of the project is made up of young students from secondary schools of Naples and, in particular, the participation of 300/400 young people identified by the managers of the schools is expected. educational establishments participants located in different neighborhoods of the city, both public and private, religious and secular, and of different orientations (artistic, technical, scientific or humanistic).
“A special day of great spiritual and emotional involvement for Aurelio De Laurentiis.” With these words the Napoli website describes what the Napoli president and Giovanni Simeone. The club's number 1 and the Argentine striker "were also received by Pope Francis at the Agostinianum center on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Scholas Occurrentes.
De Laurentiis to the Pope: “I hope to organize a match between Napoli and San Lorenzo”
During the meeting, President De Laurentiis and Giovanni Simeone had the opportunity to spend a few moments with Pope Bergoglio, paying homage to the Holy Father with a personalized jersey with the number 10 and a ball autographed by the team. The Pope reciprocated by donating a Benedict olive tree that will be planted on the occasion of future football events.
The President also gave the Pope a small cast of Maradona's foot as a metaphor to kick the injustices of the world. Before greeting the Holy Father, Aurelio De Laurentiis confided his own desire: 'I really hope that one day I can organize a match between Napoli and San Lorenzo, his favorite team.'
Pope Francis: “I hope to go to Argentina next year”
In Argentina? "My idea is to go next year, we'll see if it's possible." This is the intention expressed by the Pope in response to questions from young and old people from Latin America, the USA, Europe, and the Colombian Amazon, all members of the Scholas Occurrentes network.
The Pontifical Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary and for the occasion organized a conference in Rome on “Eco-educational Cities” with 50 Latin American and European mayors. The event concluded today with a meeting at the Augustinianum Institute in Rome, in the presence of the Pope.
Bergoglio condemned bullying that "destroys" life, calling for respect for each person "as they are", in their "authenticity"; in his speech, as reported by Vatican News, he also spoke of the danger of "half-education" of many children who do not finish their schooling, without neglecting the alarm for the spread of pornography and "commercialization of love" of which so many adolescents are victims:
"How many young people today do not have the opportunity to receive a complete education. How many times, due to the lack of sexual education, we end up in the commercialization of love, and love is not for commercialization and young people are not for being used..." The Pontiff also received many tributes.
Article published on May 25, 2023 - 22:06 pm
