Pope writes on role of athletic coaches in youth formation
May 15, 2015
Pope Francis addressed the important role that athletic coaches can play in the development of young people, in a message to a seminar on coaching, conducted under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
“The presence of a good coach-educator is shown to be providential especially during the years of adolescence and early youth,” the Pope wrote. He said that a good coach should be “an example of integrity, coherence, good judgment, impartiality, and also joy, patience, and the capacity for appreciation and benevolence towards all, and especially the most disadvantaged!” “And how important it is,” the Pope added, “for him to offer an example of faith!”
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