BRUSSELS – Pope Francis has told university professors in Brussels that institutes of higher education must be inclusive amid diversity and not grow weary of or place limits on the pursuit of truth.
Speaking at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Pope said universities by nature are “driving forces of ideas and sources of new inspiration for human life and thought, and for facing the challenges in society”.
“It is a fine thing to view universities as generating culture and ideas, but above all as promoting the passion for seeking truth, at the service of human progress,” he said, saying this is especially true for Catholics, who must be “ever open to new situations and ideas.”
