Rome, Italy, Oct 26, 2013 / 10:21 am
At the conclusion of an international symposium in Rome, Pope Francis granted the prestigious "Joseph Ratzinger award" to two professors for their exemplary scholarship in theology.
The winners were the Anglican Rev. Canon Professor Richard Burridge, Dean of Kings College, London, and Catholic professor of theology Christian Schaller, vice director of the Pope Benedict XVI institute of Regensburg, Germany.
"Special congratulations go to the Revered Professor Richard Burridge, however, and Professor Christian Schaller, who have been awarded this year's Joseph Ratzinger Prize. said Pope Francis on Oct. 26.
"Also on behalf of my beloved predecessor, with whom I was three or four days ago - I express my congratulations: may the Lord always bless you and your work in the service of his kingdom," he added.