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Main Author: Micallef, Justin Nicholas
Format: Recurso digital
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2025
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17984520
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  • <p><span lang="EN-US">This article engages the distinctive educational vision of Pope Francis, placing it within the broader theological and philosophical framework of integral human development. By interpreting the complementary scriptural, magisterial, and philosophical strands that inform the pontiff’s reflection – especially the central loci of Catholic social doctrine, personalist thought, and recent papal exhortations – the examination reveals that the recent ascendancy of technocratic rationality has noticeably attenuated the authenticity of contemporary educational practice. Consequently, a more comprehensive and intercipient model of human formation is warranted. The resulting pedagogical paradigm is conceived as a praxis that is at once moral and spiritual, which aspires to engender persons endowed with a reflective consciousness of solidarity, a disposition toward the global common good, and a sustained attentiveness to transcendent horizons. By articulating the exigencies that this vision entails, the inquiry further discerns several concrete paths toward worldwide educational renewal. The suggested reform agenda is thereby assigned not merely to the purview of Catholic institutions, but is equally pertinent to secular educational frameworks and to interconfessional collaborative projects that endeavour to cultivate a genuinely human centre of formation.</span></p>