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The Pontifical University of Mexico (UPM by its Spanish acronym) began a new era with the appointment of Father Pedro Antonio Benítez Mestre as interim rector, a position he will hold for two years.
The UPM, which currently has nearly 400 students, is the only Catholic institution of higher education in Mexico dedicated to priestly, religious, and lay formation in disciplines such as theology, philosophy, canon law, and the humanities. It was established in 1982 by decree of the Congregation for Catholic Education as the successor to the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, founded in 1551.
In an interview with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Benítez stated that every Catholic university, and especially a pontifical one with the purpose of forming the clergy as well as serving the laity, must have “a Christian identity,” meaning that its “source of theological and philosophical knowledge is revelation, these truths about Christ, about the Church, about humanity.”
A Catholic university must have “a clear missionary dimension, finding ways to pass on what it considers its treasure: its doctrinal, human, and spiritual heritage.”
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The UPM, which currently has nearly 400 students, is the only Catholic institution of higher education in Mexico dedicated to priestly, religious, and lay formation in disciplines such as theology, philosophy, canon law, and the humanities. It was established in 1982 by decree of the Congregation for Catholic Education as the successor to the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, founded in 1551.
In an interview with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Benítez stated that every Catholic university, and especially a pontifical one with the purpose of forming the clergy as well as serving the laity, must have “a Christian identity,” meaning that its “source of theological and philosophical knowledge is revelation, these truths about Christ, about the Church, about humanity.”
A Catholic university must have “a clear missionary dimension, finding ways to pass on what it considers its treasure: its doctrinal, human, and spiritual heritage.”
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Mexican university rector: Catholic education must pass on ‘its treasure’
The Pontifical University of Mexico began a new era with the appointment of Father Pedro Antonio Benítez Mestre as interim rector.
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