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"History, studied with pbadion, can and must teach a lot, nowadays, so troubled and thirsty for truth, peace and justice," the pope told participants at the Congress of the Teachers' Association History of
Manoel Tavares – Vatican City
The Holy Father concluded his series of hearings Saturday morning (12/01) at the Vatican by hosting in the consistory room 60 participants at the congress of the Association of History Teachers.
With this pontifical audience, the Association of Church History Teachers completes its two days of work in Rome on the theme "Activities, Research, Disclosure and History: l & # 39; Church of the post-conciliar period "on the occasion of its 50th anniversary
In his address to those present, the pope departed from the motto of the badociation" Mastery of History of life ", a question that unfortunately has few students. Therefore, he thanked the history teachers of the Church for their precious service and their testimony of life. And he added: Indeed, history, studied with pbadion, can and must teach much today, so troubled and thirsty for truth, peace and justice. Throughout history, we should learn to think with wisdom and courage about the dramatic and perverse effects of the many wars that have ravaged the human path on this earth.
In this sense, Francis recalled that Italy, especially the Church in Italy, is rich in testimonies from the past! This wealth, he said, should not to be a treasure preserved only with zeal, but it should help us to walk in the present towards the future:
" The history of the Church in Italy represents a point of reference essential for all those who wish to understand, learn and appreciate the past, without turning it into a museum or a cemetery, but to make it alive and present to our eyes . "
" However, as you teach, Pope, "at the center of history, there is a Word that is not written, nor a result of human research, but which we is given by God and testified with life and in life, a word that works in history and transforms it into it: this word is Jesus Christ, "who has marked and deeply redeemed the Lord." human history, changing the succession of years "in front of him" and "after him". And Francis concludes: "The ability to perceive the presence of Christ and the way of the Church in history makes us humble and frees us from the temptation to take refuge in the past to avoid the present . "
] Thus, the Holy Father expressed his hope that "a difficult teaching and his testimony can help to contemplate Christ, the cornerstone that acts in the history and memory of the world. humanity and all cultures ". It gives you the grace to always experience your saving presence in events, documents and events, big or small.
Link with the complete declaration of Pope Francis (in Italian): https://is.gd/yN4WpG
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