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May 23, 2024 · The following is a sortable list of the heads of the diplomatic mission of the Holy See.An apostolic nuncio (also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international organization.
May 23, 2024 · The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (formally named the "Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World", and commonly known as the Lateran Basilica or Saint John Lateran) [c] is the Catholic ...
2 days ago · The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since 1878. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church ...
May 24, 2024 · Jesuit Father David Nazar, rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, said AI is “surely a tricky area” but he added that the “concerns are not new,” especially over plagiarism, and he referred to several world leaders who plagiarized before the days of computerization and digitization.
May 4, 2024 · In 1928, Pope Pius XI wanted to associate the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute to the Gregorian. We spoke with Father Mark Lewis, a native of Miami, where he was born in 1959, professor of history and rector of the Gregorian since September 2022, who welcomes us to his studio in Piazza della Pilotta, in the ...
4 days ago · Feast of the end of academic year 2023-2024. On Friday May 24, at the end of the last lecture of the second semester, the academic community gathered in the Aula Magna to hear speeches by Fr David E. Nazar, SJ, the last PIO Rector and now Administrative Director of the PUG, and Fr Sunny Thomas Kokkaravalayil, SJ, the new PIO President.
May 20, 2024 · In the 2024 Pontifical Yearbook, Pope Francis has re-instituted this ancient title, which I believe is for the same reasons that Pope Benedict XVI removed it in 2006— to strengthen ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox, particularly in the context of the current conflicts.
