“While moral rectitude cannot be substituted by professional competencies, it does promote and cultivate them.”

— Agostino Vallini

Pope’s vicar calls on teachers to educate in hope and be witnesses of Christ https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/14872/popes-vicar-calls-on-teachers-to-educate-in-hope-and-be-witnesses-of-christ (23 January 2009)

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