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Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, where the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences is located.

‘The Pope’s University’ Gets a New Rector

Founded in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV after his suppression of the Jesuits and entrusted at the time to the secular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, the Lateran university has long been closely tied to the bishop of Rome.