"The response to this remarkable and urgent cultural and spiritual challenge went on Benedict XVI is supported by the multiple teachings proposed in the Universities and the Study Centres you attend. The opportunity to study in Rome, the seat of the Successor of Peter, and thus, of Peter’s Ministry, helps you to strengthen the sense of belonging to the Church and the faithfulness commitment to the Universal Teachings of the Pope". However, according to the Pope, studying must be accompanied with "progressive, intimate and deep knowledge of Christ. This implies that the necessary interest for study and research goes together with a sincere yearning for holiness. Therefore, these years of training in Rome, apart from being a serious and continuous intellectual commitment, above all, should be years of intense prayer. In the same way, the contact with the religious and social reality of the city should be useful for a spiritual and pastoral enrichment". Finally, teachers and students are also invited "to create, within yourselves, an atmosphere in which commitment to study and brotherly cooperation may become your common heritage concerning the cultural, scientific and doctrinal aspects, as well as the human and spiritual side. Be able to take advantage, to the highest extent, of the opportunities of this kind, which are given you in Rome, a city full of historical memories, artistic and cultural masterpieces. And above all, Rome is full of clearly Christian tokens".
