Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

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Pontifical University
of the Holy Cross

Pontificia Università della Santa Croce
Latin: Pontificia Universitas Sanctae Crucis
Type	Private pontifical university
Established	15 October 1984 (39 years ago)
Affiliation	Catholic, Opus Dei
Chancellor	Fernando Ocáriz
Rector	Luis Navarro
Location	Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 49 Rome , Italy 41°54′03″N 12°28′25″E / 41.90083°N 12.47361°E / 41.90083; 12.47361
Website	pusc.it

Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Latin: Pontificia Universitas Sanctae Crucis, Italian: Pontificia Università della Santa Croce) is a Roman Catholic university under the Curial Congregation for Catholic Education, now entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, or more commonly called Opus Dei. It was started in 1984 by Opus Dei, with the aim of offering the universal church an effective instrument for formation and research.

Located in the city center of Rome, the Pontifical University of Santa Croce has two campuses. One is in Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, northern area of Piazza Navona. The other is the library in Via dei Farnesi near the famous Palazzo Farnese. Its stated mission is "to serve the whole Church by means of a broad and thorough work of research and formation in the ecclesiastical sciences, cooperating according to its special function with the evangelizing mission of the Church in the whole world."

Pope John Paul II granted the title of 'university' to the Pontifical Atheneum of the Holy Cross in July 1998, making it the sixth pontifical university in the city of Rome. The university is open to lay people, both men and women, priests, seminarians, and religious brothers and sisters. ^{[citation needed]}