” “"When the foundations are undermined and essential certainties disappear", the "need" of values "is urgently felt again": because of this, "the demand for an education that will be truly such is increasing. This was written by the Pope, in a letter to the managers, directors, teachers, parents and students of the Catholic schools. In the letter given last Sunday after the Angelus prayer, but published only today by the Newsroom of the Holy See , Benedict XVI lingers again on the "great educational emergency" which today’s teachers are struggling with, and about such demand for education he writes: "It is demanded by the parents, concerned and often distressed about the future of their children; it is demanded by so many teachers, who are sadly experiencing the decay of their schools; it is demanded by society as a whole, as it sees the foundations of cohabitation being undermined; it is demanded in their heart of hearts by children and teenagers, who do not want to be left alone to face the challenges of life". Those who believe in Jesus Christ, according to the Pope, "have one further, stronger reason not to be afraid: they actually know that God will not forsake us, that His love reaches us where we are and as we are, with our meanness and weakness, to offer us a new possibility to do good" (continued).” “
