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The Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann and the Görres Society

On 30 April, the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Joachim Herrmann, gave the keynote speech at the 36th Foundation Festival of the Catholic Academic Association Capitolina in Rome in the library of the Anima. He made special mention of the Görres Society and its Roman Institute, as his father Johannes Herrmann, a law professor in Erlangen, was Secretary General of the Görres Society during the years from 1967 to 1979. At the same event, Stefan Heid received the Capitolina ribbon of honour from the philistine senior Franco Reale.

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Appetite for the German State Institutes in Rome

An article in Der Spiegel once again draws the public's attention to the threat posed to the German school, the German Archaeological Institute, the German Historical Institute and the Goethe-Institut in Rome by Italy's demands for compensation for crimes committed by the Wehrmacht against civilians at the end of June 1944. Italy had entered the war on the side of Hitler's Germany on 10 June 1940.

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The Altar of Peace at the Campo Santo Teutonico

In the right side chapel of the church of the Campo Santo Teutonico stood a classicist Marian altar. It was a so-called privileged altar, which the rector Anton de Waal consecrated to the Regina Pacis, the Queen of Peace, on 2 July 1915, in the middle of the First World War. He had promised Pope Benedict XV to say Mass there every day until peace returned (Päpstlichkeit und Patriotimus, p. 790). It was at this altar that Hubert Jedin and the Irish hero Hugh O'Flaherty said Mass early every morning during the Second World War and then had breakfast to discuss war and peace..

 

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Pope Benedicts 95th birthday

On Holy Saturday, 16 April, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI will be 95 years old. To mark the occasion, the Tagespost Foundation for Catholic Journalism has set up a congratulatory website where anyone can sign up.

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The Lateran Palace becomes a Museum

This or similar were the headlines in the media. In truth, the former papal palace continues to be predominantly an ecclesiastical administrative building and, moreover, the endless rooms of the building erected by Pope Sixtus V have also been used as a museum since the 19th century. Now the existing museum has merely been redesigned. You can now only enter the rooms with a guided tour by religious sisters (Missionaries of Divine Revelation - green habit).

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The International Union supports ucrainian scholars

The Union of Historical-Archaeological Institutes of Rome, the so-called Unione Internazionale, has launched an initiative to provide short-term accommodation in Rome for scholars who are on the run as a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine.

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Prof. Fabrizio Bisconti has passed away

After speaking at the "Giovanni Battista de Rossi" conference just a few weeks ago, Fabrizio Bisconti (* 1955) passed away completely unexpectedly after a short illness. It hits us all like a blow. We are losing an extremely competent and lovable colleague and teacher.

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2,50 Euro stamp of Giovanni Battista de Rossi

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of the Roman Christian archaeologist Giovanni Battista de Rossi (1822-1894), the Vatican has issued a special stamp for 2.50 euros. The stamps or the first day cover can be purchased at the Vatican post office or in stamp shops (such as directly at the Vatican Santarossa). The Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology and the Pontifical Commission for Christian Archaeology are organising a series of visits and lectures throughout the year.

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