DAILY CATHOLIC TUESDAY June 2, 1998 vol. 9, no. 106
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US CATHOLIC SCHOOLS MUST TEACH TRUTH, SAYS POPEVATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Pope John Paul II said that Catholic schools in the United States must teach the truth in all its integrity, despite a climate in which all moral norms are regarded as private preferences.
As he received a group of American bishops from the midwest, who
were making their ad limina visit to Rome, the Holy Father said that
Catholic schools have an obligation to "lead young people to the
realization that freedom consists above all in responding to the
truth." The greatest challenge for Catholic schools in the United
States, he continued, is to be an "authentically Catholic" witness in a
secular society. He added that Catholic universities, too, should be
unyielding in their devotion to the truth-- a devotion which should
imply respect for the teaching magisterium of the Church.
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