Vatican
City, 7 June 2013
(VIS) – "Education is always fundamental for the truth to
grow," the Pope said to members of the Priestly Fraternity of
St. Charles Borromeo during an audience that took place yesterday in
the Vatican. The Fraternity is a Society of Apostolic Life born from
the Communion and Liberation movement founded, before he was ordained
a priest, by Massimo Camisasca, now bishop of Reggio
Emilia-Guastella, Italy. Present at the audience were the current
Superior General, Fr Paolo Sottopietra, the president of the
Communion and Liberation Fraternity, Julian Carron, and 18 priests
from the missions to the different continents.
"I
knew the faith, the joy, the strength and wealth of ideas, and the
creativity of the faith" of the founder of Communion and
Liberation, Don Luigi Giussani," the Holy Father said. From that
"grew a great friendship between us and, through him, I have
also known your community better. I am glad that his successor is
with us and that this great work that inspires so many people―so
many lay persons, men and women, and so many priests―continues,
helping to spread the Gospel and to grow the Kingdom of God."
"I
have also met Massimo Camisasca. We've talked of many things. I have
seen his artistic creativity, his capacity to see and interpret the
signs of the times and his great gift as an educator and priest. …
It is nice to know that, here, a new priestly fraternity is growing
in the spirit of St. Charles Borromeo, that great example of a
Shepherd who is truly compelled by the love of Christ, seeking the
littlest ones, loving them and thus truly building faith and making
the Church grow."
"Your
fraternity is now large, a sign that there are vocations," he
concluded. "But our openness to meeting, accompanying, guiding,
and helping vocations to grow is also necessary. This is what I am
grateful for to Fr. Camisasca, who has done a great job as an
educator. Today, education is always fundamental for the truth to
grow, so that our being as children of God and brothers and sisters
of Jesus Christ might grow."
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