Between 29-31 of January 2025 was held Expert Meeting organised in collaboration with (and co-funded by) the Catholic University of America through a Templeton Religion Trust grant awarded to Brandon Vaidyanathan, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institutional Flourishing Lab in the Catholic University of America.
The seminar explored the role of creativity and innovation in religions. By bringing together scholars from diverse
From January 28 to February 14, 2025, on the initiative of the School of Communication, the ISCOM Association, and AIGAV, the 11th Edition of the Specialization Course in Religious Information takes place: Current Journalistic Issues on the Catholic Church.
The program consists of 12 sessions—including meetings and visits—with academics, members of the Curia, experts in ecclesiastical matters, and Vatican journalists.
Special attention is given to journalistic needs, presenting topics through the most relevant information and data, examining and comparing diverse perspectives, and sharing key documentary and bibliographic references.
Information and
Starting on February 20, 2025, every Thursday from 3:30 PM to 5:15 PM, the XII edition of the Course for Seminary Trainers will commence. It is aimed at priest-students in Rome who will, in the future, serve in the formation and guidance of candidates for the priesthood.
The Course aims to contribute to the preparation of trainers for diocesan seminaries, to train for the ministry of spiritual accompaniment and discernment, to learn how to provide formation for freedom, to understand the processes of seminarians’ maturation, and to develop attentiveness to the seminary environment.
The course will be held
The academic community mourns the passing of Prof. Álvaro Granados, former lecturer in Pastoral Theology, Sacramental Theology, and, for several years, Secretary of the ISSR at the Apollinare, who passed away today, Friday, January 24, 2025, after a long battle with illness.
"His kindness and patience throughout his illness will remain a profound example of great faith and hope for the entire academic community," said the University’s Rector, Rev. Prof. Fernando Puig. "We are confident that from Heaven he will continue to pray for the University and for all the people who, over his many years in Rome, came to know and appreciate him as a priest and as a professor."
Born in Madrid in 1964, Álvaro Granados graduated in Law
From January 22nd to 24th, 2025 (starting at 12:45 PM, in the Aula Magna Giovanni Paolo II), the 14th Professional Seminar on Church Communication Offices takes place. The theme of this year's seminar is "Communication and Evangelization: Context, Attitudes, and Experiences."
This biennial initiative, organized by the School of Institutional Communication, is aimed at ecclesiastical communicators from dioceses and other ecclesiastical jurisdictions, episcopal conferences, congregations or institutes of consecrated life, movements, and other entities linked to the Church, as well as communication and media professionals, and journalists covering religious news.
Organized in the Jubilee Year and on the eve of the Jubilee of
For this year as well, on Friday, January 17, 2025, the School of Communication welcomed a group of students from the Missouri School of Journalism at Missouri University.
The Roman stop is part of their Europe Tour 2025, which includes visits to other European cities such as Brussels, Prague, and Barcelona.
The group was welcomed by the Dean of the School of Communication, Daniel Arasa, who held an introductory session about the University.
Following this, there was a meeting with Vatican News journalist Deborah Castellano Lubov and another session on storytelling in the digital world, led by Prof. Juan Narbona.
From Monday, January 20, to Sunday, February 16, 2025, students from all Schools can complete the online evaluation questionnaire for the First Semester Courses.
This is a valuable opportunity to contribute to improving the quality of teaching and education.
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The French Embassy to the Holy See and the Pious Institutes of France in Rome and Loreto are offering, once again this year, 50 scholarships for studying the French language to students of universities, academies, and pontifical institutes.
The program includes a one-month stay (July or August) in Paris at the Institut Catholique.
Applications are open until March 2, 2025.
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On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of our University, the Academic Community, in its various expressions, expressed the desire to identify a new institutional motto that would adequately reflect the mission and vision of the Holy Cross.
In May 2024, several proposals were presented within the Academic Senate. Subsequently, in a spirit of openness, all teaching and non-teaching staff, as well as students, were invited to express their preference through a digital form. Following this consultation and considering the preferences received, the following definitive proposal was approved: Omnes traham ad meipsum.
The words "Omnes traham ad meipsum" are found in the Gospel of John (12:32), as spoken by Jesus Himself: “And I, when
