Pope to open Academic Year of Italian Catholic university
, Oct 24, 2005 / 12:00 am (CNA).- On Friday, November 25, Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the opening of the academic year at the Catholic University “Sacro Cuore” of Italy.
The event will take place at the Rome campus of the historic university, where the Pontiff will be received for the first time by the rector, Lorenzo Ornaghi.
Pope John Paul II opened the academic year at the university for the last time in 2000, during the Great Jubilee.
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