Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
This year, a new initiative of young academics (primarily non-theologians) has been formed in Rome, which is jointly engaged with the ideas of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and is developing a range of other activities.
Our member Cardinal Kurt Koch, responsible for the ecumenical efforts of the Holy See, is being showered with honours on his 75th birthday. In the past year alone, he received three honorary doctorates in theology.
On 24–25 April, the Catholic Academy in Bavaria, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, is holding a small conference on the topic of women in Rome at the Archdiocese of Munich's ‘Casa Santa Maria’ on Monte Mario.
By Nikolas Möller
Progress is being made in Rome. Among other things, with the new Metro Line C. At the turn of the year, for example, the new ‘Colosseo / Fori Imperiali (Metro C)’ station was opened.
The Vatican Philatelic Office and the Luxembourg Philatelic Office have issued two almost identical stamps depicting Johann Peter Kirsch (1861-1941) in front of the building of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology.
The first member of the German priesthood at Campo Santo Teutonico since its foundation 150 years ago (1876) was Theodor Peters, who turned out to be a previously unknown saint (commemoration day: 24 April).
Since the Holy Year 2025, a beautiful leaflet has been circulating for Irish pilgrims, showing them the way to places of Irish remembrance, such as the Basilica of St. Clement near the Colosseum, which has been cared for by Irish Dominicans for centuries.
On the morning of 11 December, Pope Leo XIV received the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology in the Sala Clementina of the Apostolic Palace and emphasised the importance of Christian archaeology in his short address.
The 100th anniversary celebration of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology will be broadcast on 11 December from 4:55 p.m. on the PIAC YouTube channel.
Prof. Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai from the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology appears on Italian television RAI TG2 during prime time with Umberto Broccoli and talks about the importance of Christian archaeology. You can watch the programme from minute 10.00 to 18.36:
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