Pavia: A city to be cared for and built together
TL;DR
During a pastoral visit to Pavia, Pope Leo XIV urged residents to care for the city as a shared gift and duty, stressing that public life thrives on collective responsibility and civic participation. He praised Pavia’s university and its culture of learning, framed education as serving the human person, and linked faith and reason through Saint Augustine. The pope also cast the local Church as a welcoming home of charity for the vulnerable, thanked volunteers, and emphasized that the city’s history should be written through cooperation among citizens, associations, public institutions, and generations in the spirit of Christian love.
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