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Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross is an institution set up by the Holy See. Started by Opus Dei in 1984, the university aims to provide an effective instrument for formation and research in the service of the universal Church. Born in the heart Rome, the University of the Holy Cross is open to priests, seminarians, religious and lay people, both men and women, coming from dioceses all over the world. With a ratio of one academic staff for nine students, the University offers ongoing formation for both its academic staff and students, giving a special emphasis on current issues. Most of the members of the academic staff hold degrees from both secular and ecclesiastical universities. What our University offers Focus on teaching One academic staff for every nine students. Both academic staff and students are offered constant opportunities to deepen their knowledge, to broaden their culture and to improve their formation, specially in matters of current public interest. Research The University offers four doctoral courses and publishes three journals. In the last academic year, 40 books by faculty members and 78 doctoral theses were published. Several conferences, symposia and workshops were held. Quest for answers Love for the Church and passion for finding answers to the challenges of our times underlie the thrust of the University's academic work. University History The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross realizes the desire of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, to set up a center for university studies in Rome that would serve the whole Church by means of a broad and thorough work of research and formation in the ecclesiastical sciences, cooperating, according to its special function, with the mission of evangelization of the Church in the whole world. While waiting for the proper conditions to ripen, the Founder of Opus Dei laid a basis of constant work and prayer, at the same time as he fostered the formation of professors at the highest intellectual level. His successor, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, obtaining the necessary approval from the Holy See, made it a reality beginning with the 1984-85 academic year. The Congregation for Catholic Education, by means of a Decree of January 9, 1990, and in accordance with the authority it enjoys from the Roman Pontiff, canonically erected the Roman Atheneum of the Holy Cross, and entrusted it to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. The Chancellor is the Prelate of Opus Dei, mons. Javier Echevarría, Bishop. Pontificia Università della Santa Croce 00186 Roma - Italia Piazza Sant'Apollinare, 49 Tel. +39 06 681641 Fax +39 06 68164400 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.pusc.it/