In a message for the end of Ramadan, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue says that educating young people for peace is increasingly urgent. The message was released by the Vatican Tuesday.
Justice and peace, the statement noted, are inseparable from truth and freedom.
“If the task of education is entrusted to the whole of society, as you know, it is first and foremost, and in a particular way, the work of parents and, with them, of families, schools and universities, not forgetting about those responsible for religious, cultural, social, and economic life, and the world of communication,” the message said. “It is an enterprise which is both beautiful and difficult: to help children and young people to discover and to develop the resources with which the Creator has endowed them with and to build responsible human relationships.”
Citing a message from the Pope, the council president and secretary, the signatories of the message, noted that authentic witnesses are needed today. Yet, they added, “let us also remember that the young themselves are responsible as well for their own education and for their formation for justice and peace.”