Prioritize Education of Youths, Apostolic Nuncio to New Leadership of Catholic University of South Sudan

“This university exists for you; it exists to help you reach your human potential,” said the Irish-born Vatican diplomat, and added, “That is the purpose of the university: to deepen our understanding of God and of His created world.”

In his September 1 address, Archbishop Horgan highlighted the Catholic Church’s broader vision of university education, and recalling the inspiration behind John Henry Newman’s idea for Catholic higher education, said, “The idea of a university in Newman’s mind was to give a universal education and that is why every university exists.”

Credit: Sr. Paola Moggi, CMS/Juba/South Sudan

He expressed the hope that the Juba-headquartered Catholic University is built for the future. He said, “When the Church opens institutions like that, she intends them to last; she intends them to serve generation after generation of students; and she intends that they be places of formation for the mind, for the heart, for the spirit. And that is the purpose of the University.”

The Apostolic Nuncio continued, “I would like to, on behalf of the Universal Church and on behalf of the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV, to commend and congratulate all those who have contributed to building up this university in quite a short period of time.”

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Credit: Sr. Paola Moggi, CMS/Juba/South Sudan

“In that sense, I thank Fr. Matthew Pagan, who has offered sterling leadership in this university for more than a decade, and I welcome Br. Bruno, wishing him every success in continuing that leadership,” he said, adding that he has every confidence that the university “will continue to flourish and continue to fulfill its role admirably.”

Credit: Sr. Paola Moggi, CMS/Juba/South Sudan

“I very much look forward to how this university will flourish and develop in the future,” said Archbishop Horgan during the September 1 event.

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