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Jesuits announce merger of three of their pontifical universities in Rome (at Pope’s request)

The Statutes were created following the Chirograph signed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2019. In this letter the Holy Father ordered that the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute be joined to the Gregorian University, while still retaining their own names and missions. This was done in such a way that they are now part of “the same juridical person, as academic units of the University”.

TikTok ‘last frontier’ in the war between Beijing and Washington

The clash was triggered by the threat to ban the platform voted by the US House of Representatives. In response, the Chinese authorities have promised to defend its interests. American public opinion is also divided over the social network’s popularity. Despite concerns, in the run-up to the vote in both the US and Europe many leaders (including Biden) have opened accounts.

Interview: broadening desire or what does it mean to talk about affectivity, love and friendship?

“Chastity is a fullness,” explains the author, a Trappist monk and, since 2020, Bishop of Trondheim in Norway. “It is an attitude towards things and people that springs forth when the human heart is invested by that embrace that heals and fulfils its most radical expectations. That is why it is reductive to equate chastity with ‘not doing’ and ‘not being’. It is a state of grace.