Forum for Historical Research since 1888
Located next to St. Peter's Basilica, the Campo Santo Teutonico is the retreat of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society (RIGG), the well-known academic centre for research into the history of the Church and Christian cultural heritage.
The Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology and the German Archaeological Institute are organising study days on the early Christian Roman churches in memory of Hugo Brandenburg (+ 2022). The conference is sponsored by the RIGG.
The theme of the 56th International Priests' Meeting in Cologne is "Who is this? Nicaea (325) and the question of Christ today". The speakers are Helmut Hoping, Peter Bruns, Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, Stefan Andrzejewski and Ralf van Bühren.
Deadline: 15 August
The Leibniz Institut for Europpean History in Mainz offers Fellowships.
On Thursday, 19 June, from 6 p.m., the Roman Institute of the Görres Society will celebrate its annual summer festival in San Giovanni a Porta Latina (Via di Porta Latina 17). It will begin with Holy Mass in the church, followed by a cheerful picnic in the monastery garden of the Rosminians, directly on the Aurelian city wall. Who wants to participate is kindly asked to contact - for the picknick -
Deadline: 31 July
The "Feliciano Montero" prize (Toledo) is intended for dissertations in the field of Spanish or Latin American ecclesiastical contemporary history.
The conference "Popes and Paraments from Julius II to Benedict XVI - Textiles, Texts and Contexts from Six Centuries" will take place at Campo Santo Teutonico from 26 to 29 November 2025. The conference is being organised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Jörg Bölling (Hildesheim) in collaboration with Stefan Heid.
From Christian Hecht
Until 8 June only, Palazzo Caffarelli, now part of the Capitoline Museums and formerly the German Embassy, is hosting an extraordinary exhibition: ‘I Farnese nella Roma del Cinquecento. Origini e fortuna di una collezione’ - ’The Farnese in 16th century Rome. The origins and fate of an art collection’.
The Pro Musica e Arte Sacra Foundation in Rome is organising its 24th festival with performances in Sant'Ignazio, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Paolo fuori le mura, San Giovanni in Laterano and the Palazzo della Cancelleria. The Regensburger Domspatzen, The Tallis Scholars, the Orchestra of the Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschland, the choir and orchestra of the Fondazione Arena di Verona and the Hamburg Boys' Choir will be taking part. Admission is free until the maximum number of participants has been reached.
After decades, the Holy See has a new website that largely integrates the old website, including visually. It is not clear whether any data has been lost in the process of transformation. Basically, most of it is the same as before. Even the ‘Bollettino’, which documents the Pope's daily appointments and actions, is as it used to be. There you will find the official photo of Pope Leo XIV. It is not known whether the rights are free or fees apply, so we are not using it here.
On 28 May, a study day will be held at the Lateran University to mark the 300th anniversary of the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XIII Orsini (1724-1730). Speakers include Villiam Stefan Dóci OP, Filippo Lovison, Francesca Paola Massara and Jörg Bölling. Topics include the liturgy, pastoral care, politics, the Dominican Order and the Holy Year.
Dr Gabriel Steinschulte (Cologne), who worked for many years in Rome at the Osservatore Romano and at the Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music and until last year was conductor of the Schola Cantorum Coloniensis, will speak on the topic: ‘The commitment of the Council prelate Johannes Overath (1913-2002) to Musica Sacra and the Campo Santo Teutonico’.
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The PIAC together with the Pont. Commissione di Archeologia Sacra as well as the Secretary of State provide two 3-year scholarships.
The death knell of St Peter's rang at 12 noon on Easter Monday, 21 April. Another chapter was thus added to papal history. The Roman Institute of the Görres Society, which was founded in 1888 and specialises in papal history, has seen 11 popes since Leo XIII.
On Wednesday, 16 April, Stefan Heid will give a lecture at 7.30 pm as part of the Dahlem Forum Bernhardinum on the topic: ‘Rome and the Jubilee Years, or: The Keys of Pope Boniface VIII’. Venue: Königin-Luise-Str. 33.
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