Given below is the text of a communiqué released this morning by the Holy See Press
Office concerning the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
This morning,
Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., met with Marcial Rubio Correa,
rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP).
The secretary
of State made reference to the assiduous and generous commitment shown by various
members of the university in the formation of students, and the broad range of disciplines
the PUCP offers to young people. Cardinal Bertone then informed Mr. Rubio Correa of
the conclusions the Holy See has reached following intense dialogue and numerous meetings
over the course of many years between the current grand chancellor, his predecessors
and the university, and following the apostolic visit made to the university from
5 to 11 December 2011 by Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary.
Those
conclusions took particular account of the outcome of the apostolic visit and of the
proposal presented by the rector at the end of that visit.
The cardinal secretary
of State informed Mr. Rubio Correa of the Holy See’s request that the statutes of
the PUCP be regularised as soon as possible, adapting them to the Apostolic Constitution
'Ex Corde Ecclesiae' for the good of the PUCP itself and of the Church in Peru. Given
the evident importance of safeguarding the Catholic identity of the university, the
cardinal secretary of State requested that the competent academic authorities present
the statutes for approval by Easter Sunday, 8 April, with the amendments indicated
to the university on 16 July 2011.
Finally, Cardinal Bertone expressed the
hope that the academic community would accept these indications, so that the PUCP
may increasingly dedicate itself to its mission of offering young people a solid formation,
rooted in faithfulness to the Magisterium, as a guarantee of the great contribution
the university is called to make to the country".