Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome)

Vatican City / Rome / Piazza di Sant'Apollinare
 university, catholicism

Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, in Italian) is a Roman Catholic university under the Curial Congregation for Catholic Education, which it has entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, or more commonly called Opus Dei. It was started in 1984 by Opus Dei, with the aim of offering the universal church an effective instrument for formation and research.
Pope John Paul II granted the title of 'university' to the Pontifical Atheneum of the Holy Cross in July 1998, making it the sixth pontifical university in the city of Rome.
www.pusc.it/eng/
The University is open to lay people, both men and women, priests, seminarians, and religious brothers and sisters.
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Coordinates:   41°54'2"N   12°28'25"E
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