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Conference Examines Responsibilities of the Catholic University

by Tim Drake Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:33 PM Comments (0)

The Vatican announced late last week that the Pontifical Gregorian University is planning a conference to discuss the responsibilities of Catholic universities.

Titled “The Catholic University in Postmodern Societies,” the conference is being held Nov. 16-20 by the International Federation of Catholic Universities.
According to Pedro Nel Medina Varon, adjunct secretary general of the university federation, the Catholic university has three primary responsibilities.

The first is “preserving the Catholic tradition,” said Varon. He added that that includes “the beliefs and values transmitted by the Gospel.” The second is “the integral education of the person.” The third, he said, is “service to the Church and the preservation of the Catholic intellectual tradition.”

 

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Tim Drake is an award-winning journalist and author. He serves as senior writer with the National Catholic Register. His articles have appeared in publications such as Faith and Family magazine, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic World Report, Catholic Exchange.com, Columbia Magazine, Gilbert! Magazine, This Rock Magazine, and many others. Tim has been a guest on both television and radio. He has appeared on Vatican Radio, FOX News, and EWTN. He is a frequent guest on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's The Catholic Channel. He co-hosts the weekly radio program "Register Radio" on EWTN, airing Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Eastern. Tim has published six books - his most recent being the coffee-table book, Behind Bella: The Amazing Stories of Bella and the Lives it's Changed, (Ignatius Press, 2008) - and has contributed to several others.