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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO A DELEGATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES

January 19, 2024

Your Eminence, Your Excellencies,
Dear brothers and sisters !

[I was planning to deliver a lengthy address, but I am a bit short of breath ; as you can see, this cold is not going away ! I am giving you the text so that you can read it for yourselves. I thank all of you for this meeting and for all the good that our Catholic universities do by communicating knowledge, the word of God and an authentic humanism. Never tire of persevering in the splendid mission of Catholic universities. It is not their confessional status that gives them their identity : that is one aspect, but not the only one. It is perhaps that clear humanism which makes people realize that human beings have values and that these need to be respected. This is perhaps the finest and greatest thing about your universities. Thank you very much.]

You will find here below the discourses in English, French and Spanish :

Address of His Holiness Pope Francis
Discours du Pape François
Discurso del Santo Padre Francisco