The document, signed by St. Paul VI, was placed on the Vatican audience hall’s stage, along with an oil lamp from Assisi and an olive tree, a symbol of peace.
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Catholic schools and universities, the pope wrote, must be “places where questions are not silenced and doubt is not banned but accompanied.”
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What students learn at every level of their educational journey should “become a reality capable of transforming life,” the pope said.
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While in Lebanon, the pope will stop for silent prayer at the site of the 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut, which killed more than 200 people.
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Living in hope means accepting that one does not have answers to all questions and staying calm amid conflicts and tensions, Pope Leo XIV said.
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“The church has a voice, and we need to be courageous in raising our voice to change the world,” he said.
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Pope Leo XIV had authorized the pre-Vatican II liturgy for people attending the annual Ad Petri Sedem “Summorum Pontificum” Pilgrimage to Rome.
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Pope Leo met with faculty, staff, students and alumni of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.
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Father Jan Swierc, rector of the Salesian parish in Krakow, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, taken to prison and then transferred to Auschwitz.
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After a private meeting, Pope Leo and King Charles exchanged gifts: a mosaic of Christ for the king and an icon of St. Edward the Confessor for the pope.
