Inauguration and Jubilee of the University
Academic Year 2025-2026
Friday, October 10, 2025
Pontifical Urbaniana University
The Grand Chancellor and the Magnificent Rector of the Pontifical Urbaniana University
cordially invite you to the inauguration of the Academic Year 2025-2026
in the 398th year since its founding and the Jubilee of the University.
PROGRAM:
• 8:20 AM - Gathering at Piazza Pia
• 8:30 AM - Procession and entrance through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica
• 10:00 AM - Eucharistic Celebration at St. Peter's Basilica, presided over by
His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Grand Chancellor of Urbaniana University
• 3:30 PM - Meeting in the University's Aula Magna, organized by the "Omnes Gentes" Student Association
• 5:00 PM - Academic Act:
"One Hundred Years Since the Shanghai Council: Between History and the Present"
Speakers:
His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness
His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Grand Chancellor of Urbaniana University
Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, President of the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI
Prof. Dr. Erica Siu-Mui LEE, Holy Spirit Seminary College, Hong Kong SAR
Conclusions:
Prof. Vincenzo Buonomo, Papal Delegate
"The participants in the Shanghai Council looked to the future. [...] We, too, like the conciliar Fathers of Shanghai, can look to the future. And remembering the Shanghai Council can also suggest new paths and open roads for the whole Church to take with courage to announce and witness the Gospel in the present." (Pope Francis, Video message, May 21, 2024)
Contacts:
Pontifical Urbaniana University / Via Urbano VIII, 16 / 00165 Rome
Tel: +39 06 6988 9611 / segretariogenerale@urbaniana.edu / www.urbaniana.va