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                               VIS-Press releases

PONTIFICAL ECCLESIAL ACADEMY: A TRUE SCHOOL OF FORMATION

VATICAN CITY, JUN 2, 2006 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican, the Pope
received Archbishop Justo Mullor Garcia, president of Pontifical Ecclesiastical
Academy, accompanied by students and former students of that institution which
trains candidates for the Holy See diplomatic service.

In his address to the group, the Holy Father told the current students - from
20 countries on four continents - that in order to prepare themselves for their
future mission, "you are called, above all, to be a community of prayer in
which the relationship with God is constant, faithful and intense. ... May the
Eucharist you celebrate every day be the vital center, the source and the root
of all your activities over these years and in the future, when you will
perform your priestly ministry at the service of the Holy See in various
countries of the world. ... Only if you remain faithful to your vocation will
you be able to offer a valid service to the Apostolic See"

"Your academy," he went on, "wishes to continue to be a true school of human
and theological formation. ... Today, there is more need that ever for a solid
culture that includes, alongside the necessary theological formation, a deeper
study of the perennial doctrine of the Church and of the guiding principles of
the Holy See's activities at the ecclesial and international level."

After recalling the academy's three centuries of history, Benedict XVI
highlighted how the fact that all those present reside in Rome but come from
many different continents "represents a precious opportunity to nourish the
spirit of unity and communion. ... Open, then, the horizon of your minds and
hearts to the universality of the Church, so as to overcome any temptation to
particularism and individualism."

The Pope concluded his address by calling on the future apostolic nuncios to
ensure their formation "is not lacking in genuine devotion to the Virgin Mary.
May she help you to grow in love for Christ and for the Church, and to tend
ever more towards sanctity, the supreme ... aspiration of your Christian and
priestly lives."
AC/PONTIFICAL ECCLESIAL ACADEMY/MULLOR VIS 060602 (360)

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