Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
| Pontificia Università della Santa Croce | |
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| Latin: Pontificia Universitas Sanctae Crucis | |
| Type | Private Pontifical University |
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| Established | 15 October 1984 (32 years ago) |
| Affiliation | Catholic, Opus Dei |
| Chancellor | Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz |
| Rector | Msgr. Luis Navarro |
| Location |
Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 49 Rome, Italy 41°54′03″N 12°28′25″E / 41.90083°N 12.47361°ECoordinates: 41°54′03″N 12°28′25″E / 41.90083°N 12.47361°E |
| Website | pusc.it |
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Latin: Pontificia Universitas Sanctae Crucis, Italian: Pontificia Università della Santa Croce) is a Roman Catholic university under the Curial Congregation for Catholic Education, now entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, or more commonly called Opus Dei. It was started in 1984 by Opus Dei, with the aim of offering the universal church an effective instrument for formation and research. Located in the heart of Rome, it has two campuses. One is in Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, northern area of Piazza Navona; Another (the library) is Via dei Farnesi near the famous Palazzo Farnese. Its stated mission is "to serve the whole Church by means of a broad and thorough work of research and formation in the ecclesiastical sciences, cooperating according to its special function with the evangelizing mission of the Church in the whole world."
Pope John Paul II granted the title of 'university' to the Pontifical Atheneum of the Holy Cross in July 1998, making it the sixth pontifical university in the city of Rome. The University is open to lay people, both men and women, priests, seminarians, and religious brothers and sisters.
According to Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, "For the University of the Holy Cross the adjective 'Pontifical' has never been a merely decorative title, but a qualification which commits it profoundly, inviting it to active fidelity to the Roman Pontiff," and, in union with him, "to the Church as a whole."
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