ANGELUS: GREETINGS TO UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 10, 2000 (VIS) - Following today's Mass in St. Peter's Square for the Jubilee of Universities, Pope John Paul greeted teachers and students present in the square, as well as those around the world, in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Polish.

"May this encounter," he said in French, "help you to always be predisposed to the Truth and to follow audaciously your commitments in favor of the dignity of the person and his human and spiritual growth."

The Holy Father told English-speaking participants: "I pray that each of you, together with the institutions from which you come and the students whom you guide along the paths of higher learning, will ever be filled with the light and strength of the Holy Spirit, so that the new generations will always have the flame of faith, hope and love burning brightly in them!"

To those representing Polish universities, the Pope said: "May the grace of Christ, the Master, bring support and inspiration in your scientific and teaching work. Bring my greetings to all universities in Poland."

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