This morning in the Holy See Press Office, in Via della Conciliazione, 54, at 11.00, a press conference was held to present the Pontifical Foundation Gravissimum educationis, instituted by chirograph of the Holy Father Francis on 28 October 2015, and the document “Educating to fraternal humanism. Building a ‘civilization of love’ 50 years after Populorum progressio”, which contains the guidelines for education in fraternal humanism.

The document will be sent to all the episcopal conferences, to be transmitted to the 215,000 Catholic schools and 1,760 Catholic universities in the different continents.

The speakers were: His Eminence Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education; H.E. Msgr. Angelo Vincenzo Zani, secretary of the same dicastery; and Msgr. Guy-Réal Thivierge, secretary general of the Foundation Gravissimum educationis.

The document Educating to fraternal humanism. Building a “civilisation of love” 50 years after Populorum progressio is available via the following link:

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccatheduc/documents/rc_con_ccatheduc_doc_20170416_educare-umanesimo-solidale_en.html