Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
Marco R. Bettoni Pojaghi, who had been a member of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society since 2020, died unexpectedly in Rome. He passed away on 10 April at the age of 64.
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Roman Institute of the Görres Society
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The significance of the Campo Santo Teutonico and its tombs in the Middle Ages was the topic of discussion on 2 September during a visit by participants in an excursion organised by Heidelberg University as part of PD Dr Tobias Daniels' advanced seminar on the history of the Holy Years.
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In a few weeks, the first double issue of the Roman Quarterly for Christian Antiquity and Church History (RQ) for 2025 will be published.
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In the meantime, the academic world is moving away from Facebook in favour of LinkedIn. This social media platform is therefore becoming increasingly attractive for academic presence and collegial exchange. The RIGG is responding to this with its own page. The corresponding signé appears at the top right of the RIGG website.
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The RIGG website has experienced ups and downs since 2016. After peaking in the first half of 2019, visitor numbers fell steadily, but have been rising sharply since the first half of 2024. At the end of the first half of 2025, an absolute record has now been set with 106,058 visitors in the months from January to 2025.
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Since Sunday 15 June, the new rector of Campo Santo Teutonico has been the Paderborn priest Dr Peter Klasvogt. After a long phase of changing administrators since the departure of Rector Konrad Bestle, there is now once again a prospect of stability in the important phase of renewing the complex.
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- Datum: 2025-09-26
- Ort: Mannheim
The program of the 127th General Meeting of the Görres Society, which will take place from September 26th to 28th in Mannheim, is complete. It has the title "Canon and Discourse", which at first glance seems cryptic.
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- Datum: 2025-06-19
- Ort: San Giovanni a Porta Latina
On Thursday, 19 June, from 6 p.m., the Roman Institute of the Görres Society will celebrate its annual summer festival in San Giovanni a Porta Latina (Via di Porta Latina 17). It will begin with Holy Mass in the church, followed by a cheerful picnic in the monastery garden of the Rosminians, directly on the Aurelian city wall. Who wants to participate is kindly asked to contact - for the picknick -
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Avv. Paolo Mammola (* 1988 in Torre del Greco, Province of Naples) is a Doctor of Law (Ph.D.) in Law and Global Market and Legal Officer in the PNRR Mission Unit of the Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
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The information sheet, which has served the RIGG faithfully for years and has been distributed thousands of times, now has an Italian twin, which is also different in colour.
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