Pope Francis praised Vodafone for providing African children, particularly refugees, access to online educational resources.
But he also called on them to offer "digital access to the sacred texts of various religions" in local languages, saying it "would be a beautiful sign of care for the religious dimension so deeply rooted among African peoples, and a sign also of encouraging interreligious dialogue."
The pope's remarks came during an audience on October 5 with representatives of the Vodafone Foundation and the managing director of the Vodafone Group, who explained their Instant Schools for Africa programme to the Pope.
