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POPE TO YOUNG PEOPLE: AVOID ‘BRAIN DRAIN’

At world congress event he offered words of advice that included being aware of pitfalls of ‘ambition’

By Rome Reports     12/5/2016

The Pope spoke to 150 students who came to Rome for the 4th World Congress on Pastoral Care for International Students.

He encouraged them to control their ambition of success, saying it can provoke selfishness and indifference to the suffering of others.

He asked young people to work for the common good of their society.