Pope Leo XIV has said that Catholic school teachers should be “models in life" as well as "models of faith" during what he described as a teacher's "pilgrimage of discipleship". He also urged the students under their care to try and listen to "God's voice" calling to their young hearts.
Speaking to teachers from Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland on 5 July in the Vatican as part of the Jubilee year, the pontiff said students will “look to you particularly as to how you teach and how you live".
Students from the Diocese of Copenhagen in Denmark joined the teachers for the Pope's address (school in the UK is in session for another week). The Pope told the young people to “remember that God has created each one of you with a purpose and a mission in this life".
