Vatican City, Nov 24, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Pope Benedict, earlier today visited Rome’s Sacred Heart Catholic University, where he described and challenged faculty and students with his vision for a truly Catholic University--one that seeks to recover the synthesis between faith and reason.
The university is currently celebrating the inauguration of its new academic year.
Prior to the Pope's arrival, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general of the diocese of Rome celebrated Mass with students and faculty from the Milan, Brescia, Piacenza-Cremona, Campobasso and Rome branches of the university.
The celebration began in earnest at 11.00 a.m. in the main hall of the "Agostino Gemelli" where Lorenzo Ornaghi, rector of the university, gave a brief speech, followed by a greeting from Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Milan, Italy.