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Educational Compact

The Global Compact on Education launched by Pope Francis in 2019 and its African expression, presented in Kinshasa on 6 November 2022.

From the Global to the African Compact

The Global Compact on Education, launched by Pope Francis, calls for rebuilding an educational alliance between families, schools, universities, institutions and societies. The African Compact on Education is its continental expression: it roots that call in African cultures, languages and traditional educational values.

Founding messages and documents

  • 2025-12-04

    Message of the Holy Father to the participants of the Second African Congress on Catholic Education

    Pape Léon XIV — Supreme Pontiff

    “Today, many African leaders and officials were educated in our schools, yet the situation on the continent remains critical at several levels.”

  • 2024-12-02

    Message on the occasion of the inauguration of the Institute for African Compact on Education

    José Tolentino Cardinal de Mendonça — Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

    “The creation of an Institute for the African Compact on Education is unique of its kind and will certainly be a stimulus not only for Africa as a whole, but also for realities on other continents.”