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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).
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.
On 15 March, the inner circle of the Roman Institute treated themselves to a trip to the papal city of Viterbo. The train from Rome offers a cheap and fast way of travelling.
The ceremony in honour of Cardinal Kurt Koch on 22 March in the church of Campo Santo Teutonico with the presentation of the commemorative gift ‘Unity and Uniqueness. Ecclesiological Concretions in Ecumenical Perspective’ can now be seen on three videos:
Juan David Montejo (Bogotá, Colombia - * 1999) is currently taking part in a diploma programme for medieval studies in Rome, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Instituts d'Études Mediévales (FIDEM). After studying philosophy and Latin philology in Cologne, he is completing a master's degree in medieval and renaissance studies in Munich, specialising in medieval Latin philology and medieval philosophy.
The RIGG's annual report will be sent out again at Easter. It contains the Institute's activities in 2024. We would like to sincerely thank all of the Institute's benefactors (Hall of Fame) who have made this work possible..
Dr Herman H. Schwedt passed away on 13 March at the age of 90. He had been a member of the RIGG since 2014 and lived with his wife in Salsomaggiore. He came from Aachen and was head of the diocesan archives and the diocesan library in Limburg from 1978 to 1999.
My name is Guido Funke. I am a priest of the diocese of Erfurt and have been a curate at the Pontifical Institute of Santa Maria dell'Anima since 1 September 2024. Here I am responsible for the pastoral care of the German-speaking students and teach at the German school in Rome. I am very honoured and pleased to be a member of the Venerable Görres Society.
Among the current 963 recipients of the newsletter who are not members of the RIGG, the wide geographical reach is striking. The top recipient countries of non-members are:
Guido Horst has written an article about the Swiss Curia Cardinal Kurt Koch for the Tagespost newspaper. The occasion was the presentation of the commemorative volume ‘Einheit und Einzigkeit’ (Unity and Uniqueness) by the Roman Institute of the Görres Society. A review of the book will be announced in the Tagespost.
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