Gravissimum educationis
Gravissimum educationis is the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Christian Education. It was promulgated on 28 October 1965 by Pope Paul VI, following approval by the assembled bishops by a vote of 2,290 to 35. Description. The document is generally referred to, not by its English-language title, "Declaration on Christian Education", but by the opening words of its original Latin text, which mean "extremely important education". The document quotes at length from "Divini illius Magistri" ("That divine teacher", 1929) by Pope Pius XI. Parents as primary educators. "Since parents have given children their life, they are  bound by the most serious obligation to educate their offspring and therefore must be recognized as the primary and principal educators. This role in education is so important that only with difficulty can it be supplied where it is lacking. Parents are the ones who must create a family atmosphere animated by love and respect for God and man, in which the well-rounded personal and social education of children is fostered. Hence the family is the first school of the social virtues that every society needs." Section::::"Gravissimum Educationis" Foundation. On October 28, 2015, Pope Francis founded the "Gravissimum Educationis