July 9, 1999

Vatican Official Endorses Diversity Within Roman Catholic Higher Education

By BETH McMURTRIE

A key Vatican official in the debate over the relationship between Roman Catholic colleges and the church said last week that the world's 945 Catholic institutions were too diverse to fit one model of higher education.

Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, in Rome, also affirmed that non-Catholics play a vital role at Catholic colleges and stressed the importance of academic excellence within

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