Educating, in general but in particular in universities, is not only a matter of filling the mind with concepts. The three languages are needed. It is necessary for the three languages to be brought into play: the language of the mind, the language of the heart and the language of the hands, so that one thinks in harmony with what one feels and does; one feels in harmony with what one thinks and does; and one acts in harmony with what one feels and thinks. A general harmony, not separated from the whole.
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The International Federation of Catholic Universities is called to take up the moral imperative of striving to achieve a more united international academic community. On the one hand by basing itself more faithfully on the Christian context from which universities originated; and on the other, by consolidating the network between older and newer universities, in order to develop a universal spirit aimed at increasing the quality of the cultural life of persons and of peoples.
Throughout the entire speech, the head of the Catholic Church eschewed the mentioning of the greatest teacher of all, Jesus Christ. Instead, he stressed the need for three languages in a Catholic education, language of the mind, of the heart and of the hands, whatever that means. With regard to language of "the hands," maybe every Catholic university has to include braille and sign language courses as prerequisites for graduation effective immediately.
He then talked about a certain harmony, one based on one's feelings, actions and thoughts, without mentioning whether this harmony ought to be consonant with God or with Satan. Perhaps to him it did not and does not not matter one way or another since he never bothered to distinguish between the two in his address.
The late Rev. Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's former chief exorcist, once "confess[ed], 'The devil resides in the Vatican.'" [3] The article also reported as follows, quoted in part [4]:
While admitting that it is hard to prove, he says the consequences of the devil's work are evident: Cardinals who don't believe in Jesus, bishops who are linked with the devil.
Is the supreme pontiff not also the bishop of Rome? The answer is quoted below [5]:
Pope Francis has possibly de-emphasized a number of the formal titles normally taken by the leader of the Roman Catholic church, choosing instead to list himself first by the basic title "Bishop of Rome" in the Vatican's annual directory.
These words added together: "devil resides in the Vatican" and "bishops who are linked with the devil" could equal this: the bishop of Rome is linked with the devil. Is this a possibility, or not?
Even the new book written by the bishop of Rome does not mention Jesus by name. It is entitled "'Without Him We Can Do Nothing: A Conversation about Being Missionaries in Today’s World' [and] is a discussion between Pope Francis and journalist Gianni Valente of Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples." [6]
[1] https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/11/04/audt.html
[2] Ibid.
[3] https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/chief-exorcist-rev-gabriele-amorth-devil-vatican/story?id=10073040
[4] Ibid.
[5] https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/francis-chronicles/pope-francis-officially-de-emphasizes-papal-titles
[6] https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=43986
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