Pope Leo XIV has released an apostolic letter to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration Gravissimum Educationis.
On 28 October, the Holy See released the much-anticipated apostolic letter, which coincides with the Jubilee of World Education. The Pope formally signed the text during an Oct. 27 Mass with university students at St Peter’s Basilica, then held it out to applause.
The Pope writes that education “is not an accessory activity, but forms the very fabric of evangelisation,” calling it “the concrete way in which the Gospel becomes an educational gesture, a relationship, and a culture.”
