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POPE-SCHOOLS Sep-13-2007 (320 words) xxxi
Pope says Catholic schools help develop responsible citizens
By Catholic News Service
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- Catholic schools and faith-based education benefit civil society by helping young people grow into responsible citizens, Pope Benedict XVI said.
"It is important that states continue to guarantee the church the freedom to establish and administer Catholic schools, affording parents the opportunity to choose a means of education that fosters the Christian formation of their children," he said in a private audience with the Slovak Republic's new ambassador to the Vatican.
When Jozef Dravecky presented his letters of credential to the pope Sept. 13, Pope Benedict underlined the importance of offering young people "a solid education that nourishes all the dimensions of the human person, including the religious and spiritual," saying such education was "in the interest of both church and state." Christian teachings and values help young people "appreciate their personal dignity" and give them "a purpose and direction for their lives," he said, acknowledging that Slovakia had such a system.
A well-rounded, faith-based education can help young people "acquire habits that will enable them to embrace their civic duties as they enter adulthood," he said. The pope also said governments must do more to "promote marriage and foster family life."
Strong families based on marriage between a man and woman are vital to couples' future happiness and "to a nation's social stability," the pontiff added.
"Strong societies are built on the foundation of strong families," he said, because it is in the family that future citizens first learn about human love and cultivate "the virtues of responsibility, generosity and fraternal concern."
Instead of remaining indifferent to marriage, governments and "all civic communities should do what they can to promote economic and social policies that aid young married couples and facilitate their desire to raise a family," said the pope.
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