Misericordia e perdono Termini, concetti, luoghi, tempi

Education is openness to what is real, an attitude which enable us to look in a merciful perspective to what is our personal reality and at what is around us. In front of a deeply wounded humanity, any educational institution must be like a field hospital: inclusive (in principle, no one is refused), close (to where the wounded are), flexible (to move where new emergencies occur), decentralized (each unity is able to take an initiative). Speaking of education is speaking of humanity and education as a whole must be aimed to humanizing. In this sense, a key role is played by informal education, while formal education may risk to be too much based on intellectualism. So, university students must avoid to fall victims of knowledge idols: works of mercy are a valid way to get rid of them. Starting from the verbs used by Pope Francis to describe the merciful action of God in the Message for the World Peace Day 2016, it is possible to draft the basis of a pedagogy of mercy: observe (stop ...