149K views · 70K reactions | Pope Francis visits Rome’s Salesian University. The Pope was greeted by students as he entered the university, where he was meeting with priests from the Diocese of Rome. Recently, the Pope has journeyed outside the Vatican a number of times to meet with locals. Last week, he travelled to an apartment block in the western outskirts of Rome, and gave a catechesis in a garage. | Vatican News | Facebook

Pope Francis meets with professors at the Catholic University of Leuven. He urged them to seek truth and overcome society’s temptation to pursue comfort and intellectual ease. “We cannot lose our sense of wonder, our ability to marvel, which urges us to look beyond, to raise our eyes heavenwards, to discover that hidden truth, which responds to such fundamental questions as: Why am I alive? What is the meaning of my life?” | Vatican News

Pope Francis sent a message to those gathered at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome for a conference on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Concilium Sinense, the first and only Council of the Chinese Catholic Church, which was held in Shanghai in May and June 1924. He encouraged Chinese Catholics to testify to their faith through works of mercy and charity, while promoting the harmony of social coexistence. | Vatican News