In The Pope Video for January, brought to you by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, Francis proposes that educators “add new content to their teaching: fraternity.”

He invites them to “become community builders” and prays that they may be “be credible witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than confrontation.”

Indeed, the Pope remarks, educators do much more than teach mathematics, geography, or history: “Educators are witnesses who not only impart their mental knowledge, but also their convictions, their commitment to life.”

We share the video below: