VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares college students for battle relatively than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered on the Vatican on Saturday.
Talking to about 2,000 Italian lecturers, educators and fogeys, Francis pressured his message in opposition to bullying, asking the viewers to pledge to combat in opposition to it each in school and at residence.
The pontiff praised instructional efforts at colleges to advertise peace, noting that “imagining peace” lays the foundations for “a extra simply and fraternal world” by way of “each topic taught and thru the creativity of kids and younger folks.”
“But when, in school, you wage battle amongst yourselves or engage in bullying, you’re making ready for battle, not for peace,” he stated
The pope additionally known as for extra dialogue inside households, emphasizing that “it’s dialogue that makes us develop.”
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