BENEDICT XVI: TO THE ITALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY WORLD, “INTELLIGENCE AND FAITH CAN BE FRIENDS” (2)” “” “

” ” ” “Fuci’s pet phrase: "believing in study" comes from this context. Therefore it is not true at all – commented the Pope – that "those who have faith must give up on the free search of the truth, and those who freely look for the truth must give up on faith”. “It is possible instead, just during and through one’s university studies, to accomplish a genuine human, scientific and spiritual maturation”. "Believing in study" means acknowledging that study and research – especially during one’s university years – possess the inherent strength to broaden the horizons of human intelligence, provided academic study maintains an exacting, rigorous, serious, methodical and progressive profile”.” “