Enhance the Quality of Education, Says Cardinal Filipe Neri

Penang, Malaysia 28 November 2025: The Catholic Church has played a major role in shaping modern education and its institutions continue to contribute strongly to nation-building. Yet the responsibility to raise standards each year remains urgent, said Cardinal Filipe Neri while releasing the Indian edition of “Drawing New Maps of Hope”, Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Letter on education in the digital age. The release took place on 27 November 2025 in Penang, Malaysia.

His Eminence launched the book by presenting the first copy to Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Speaking at the event, Cardinal Filipe Neri said educational charisms are not fixed formulas but living responses to the needs of every age. Each generation brings fresh questions, he noted, and Catholic education must read these signs with clarity and courage. True charisms grow, he said, when they stay close to people and listen to the hopes and struggles of the young.

Cardinal Filipe Neri stressed that education must move with the times without losing its roots. It must connect faith with life and culture, and it must do so with creativity and trust. The future of Catholic education, he said, depends on communities that listen, discern and respond with love.

The book release marks a key moment for Catholic educators as they face the fast-changing realities of the digital era. For copies contact: Email: ccbipublications@gmail.com; Mob No: 9886730224.

By Catholic Connect Reporter