Patriarch Bartholomew: “From the Pontifical Oriental Institute to the throne of Saint Andrew: confession of a canonist”translated

Masterful lesson from His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, former student of the Pontifical Oriental Institute (1963-1968). Rome, Wednesday October 28, 2026. Patriarch Bartholomew looks back on his studies in Rome, where he obtained his doctorate in canon law in 1968. He gratefully recalls his teachers, notably Father Ivan Žužek, as well as the influence of the Second Vatican Council on his ecumenical vocation. He recalls the central thesis of his doctorate

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