Ensino Superior/Portugal: Diretor do serviço pastoral destacou relevância das universidades para o interior e estudantes estrangeiros

In brief

Father Miguel Gonçalves Ferreira, director of the Serviço Nacional da Pastoral do Ensino Superior (SNPES) of the Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa, noted the importance of universities for inland regions and international students at the start of the academic year.

Speaking in Lisbon, Father Ferreira commented that certain student practices have degraded in some environments. He suggested using dialogue to promote positive aspects of these traditions.