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II. Catholic education and ecclesiastical universities or faculties

Already on October 8th 2015 Pope Francis promulgated a chirography Sono grato1, wherein he established a new foundation, entitled Gravissimum Educationis. The primary goal of this juridical person is the improvement of the Catholic education around the world, particularly the scientific and cultural elements of that.

The new fundamental law for the ecclesiastical universities and faculties* 8 is one of the most important and essential legislative works of Pope Francis. This apostolic constitution was dated on December 8th 2017, and promulgated on January 19th 2018 with the initial words Veritatis gaudium (Joy of Truth)9, replacing the almost forty years old - since April 15th 1979 - apostolic constitution Sapientia Christiana of Pope John Paul II.10 II This brilliant law on ecclesiastical universities and faculties11 was modified and renewed a little by Pope Francis’ apostolic constitution.12

Based on the initiative of Pope Francis, the Congregation for Education promulgated an instruction, Novis postulate (April 29th 2018)13 about canon law studies, mirrored in the new canonical process law, issuing a special diplo-I AAS 107 (2015) 1120.

8 About the historical background, cf. Szuromi, Sz. A., A Katolikus Egyház és az egyetemi képzés: az elmúlt tíz évszázad karakterisztikumai, in Communio [Hungarian] 22 (2014) 3-13.

9 Franciscus, Const. Ap. Veritatis gaudium (8 dec. 2017), Cittä del Vaticano 2018.

10 Ioannes Paulus II, Const. Ap. Sapientia Christiana (15 apr. 1979): AAS 71 (1979) 469-499.

II Cf. Vega, M. S., El regimen juridico de las universidades eclesiasticas y la constitución apostolica “Sapientia Christiana”, in Apollinaris 53 (1980) 341-374. Marchisano, FLa legislazione accademica ecclesiastica. Dalia Costituzione Apostolica “Deus scientiarum Dominus" alia Costituzione Apostolica “Sapientia Christiana”, in Seminarium 20 (1980) 332-351. Javierre, A. M., Criterios directivos de lanueva Constitución, in Seminarium 20 (1980) 353-371. Dezza, P., Le Facoltá di scienze sacre nel rinnovamento conciliare, in Seminarium 25 (1985) 123-136. Baldanza, G., La teológia fondante e gli elementi costanti di Sapientia Christiana Confronti storico-critico con la Deus scientiarum Dominus (1931) e le Norme quaedam (1968), in Seminarium 44 (2004) 363-402. Astigueta, D. G., Sapientia Christiana y la legislación posterior, in Seminarium 44 (2004) 403-458. Grocholewski, Z., La facoltá teologica nell’universitä, in Seminarium 44 (2004) 513-533. Esposito, B., L’adesione della Santa Sede al Processo di Bologna, in Folia Canonica 9 (2006) 197-233. Grocholewski, Z., L’heritage culturel europeen qui nous interpelle, in Seminarium 47 (2007) 391-401, especially 393-395. Szuromi, Sz. A. - Ferenczy, R., A Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem működése a kánonjog és a magyar jogszabályok tükrében, in Kánonjog 18 (2016) 67-83, especially 76-81.

12 Zani, A. V, Principali novitá normative della Costituzione Apostolica ‘Veritatis gaudium ’. Excursus dat Concilio ad oggi, in Educatio Catholica 4 (2018) 69-85; cf. Szuromi, Sz. A. - Ferenczy, R., Az egyházi egyetemek és fakultások működésének megújítása, in Kánonjog 20 (2018)91-98.

13 AAS 110 (2018) 659-682.