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The 250th anniversary of the Lateran University

Visit the Pontifical Lateran University, the so-called, University of the Pope in Rome, celebrating its 250th Anniversary. On this occasion, we interviewed the Vicar General of the Pope for Rome, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, who’s also the Grand Chancellor of this house of studies, and Prof. Paul Gherri, the Dean of the School of Canon Law.

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