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New member of the RIGG: Simone Raponi

Simone Raponi, priest of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri (Rome) and PhD in Cultural Heritage of the Church (Pontifical Gregorian University), is Prefect of the Archives of the Congregation of the Oratory. He holds the positions of Curator of Cultural Heritage for the Archdiocese of Luxembourg and Ecclesiastical Counsellor for the Embassy of Luxembourg to the Holy See. His research and publications focus in particular on the history of papal ceremonies and the Congregation of the Oratory.

Oratorium of the Chiesa Nuova in rome

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New member of the RIGG: Maximilian Welticke

Maximilian Welticke (born in Korbach in 1999) studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Oxford. Since October 2025, he has been studying moral theology for his licentiate at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. In November 2022, he joined the Young Forum of the Görres Society; since September 2025, he has been a member of the Roman Institute of the same society. He is a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and conducts research in the field of political ethics.

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New member of the RIGG: Konstantin Brandenburg

Dr Konstantin M. Brandenburg (born 1964) studied architecture at the University of Rome, where he obtained his doctorate. This was followed by various research projects on the early Christian and late antique churches of Rome: S. Stefano Rotondo, S. Paolo fuori le Mura, S. Pietro in Vaticano, S. Agnese flm, S. Costanza, S. Maria Maggiore and S. Lorenzo flm.

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Paul Badde passed away in Manoppello

Paul Badde, a member of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society since 2012, passed away on Monday, 10 November, in the Abruzzo village of Manoppello, where he had recently moved from Rome.

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in der Mitte Wolfgang Brückner, rechts Michael Brückner

"Görres" meets "Görres": Wolfgang Brückner in Rome

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brückner, long-time director of the Institute for Folklore Studies at Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg and equally long-time director of the Folklore Studies Section of the Görres Society (1985-2004), visited Rome with his family and students on his 95th birthday, including the Roman Institute of the Görres Society.

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New member of the RIGG: Jakob Lesigang

Jakob Lesigang (born in Vienna in 2002) successfully completed his bachelor's degree in Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Vienna in the summer semester of 2025. Since October 2025, he has been living in Rome, where he is studying for a master's degree in International Cultural Management at the Rome Business School. In recent years, he has also been involved in museum education and cultural mediation.

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Marco Bettoni Pojaghi died young

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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Medievalists from Heidelberg at the Görres-Institute

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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