Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Authentic missionary activity expresses itself in the evangelisation of cultures and in the inculturation of the faith. <In the face of all the different and at times contrasting cultures, present in the various parts of the world, inculturation seeks to obey Christ's command to preach the Gospel to all nations even to the ends of the earth. Such obedience does not signify either syncretism or a simple adaptation the Gospel message>" (Pastores dabo vobis 55). Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and Grand Chancellor of Urban University said this when he inaugurated a Convention entitled "From Urban College to the Pontifical Urban University" on November 28 at Urban College in Rome. During its 375 years the Urban College has "shown itself to be not only useful but also necessary for the development of the Church's missionary activity in the world. In fact the Church is born and lives for mission" Cardinal Sepe said as he reflected on the role of the university called to be a tangible and visible sign of the riches of the different cultures and of their ability to share and exchange; to foster integration of faith and life, culture and Gospel, as well as the spiritual dimension of the person; to promote spirituality of communion as a pedagogical and educational principle; to offer every culture a project of Christian humanism testified by university research. See complete address (Fides Service 29/11/2002)