{"id":13062,"date":"2026-09-14T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/?page_id=13062"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:17:33","slug":"joseph-ratzinger-chair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/joseph-ratzinger-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Ratzinger &#8211; Benedict XVI Research Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block  cta-with-media full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"cta-with-media__content  template-media-sx py-60 md:py-80\" id=\"\" style=\"\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-40 md:gap-50 lg:gap-100 md:flex-row\n        md:items-start\">\n\n          <div class=\"flex-1\">\n            <div class=\"media\" style=\"--bg-color-var: #FFFFFF\">\n              <div\n  class=\"image bg-cover  --is-jpg \"\n   data-defer >\n  <figure>\n    <div class=\"image__wrapper\">\n              <picture>\n          \n          <source\n            srcset=\"\"\n            sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) 808px, (min-width: 768px) 680px, 100vw\"\n          \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/GS_Ratzinger_2025_SliderNS.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"GS_Ratzinger_2025_SliderNS\">\n        <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"flex-1\">\n                                      <h2 class=\"font-500 text-primary mb-20 s50\">Identity and Vision <\/h2>\n                                <p class=\"!mb-40\"><p>The <em>Joseph Ratzinger &#8211; Benedict XVI Chair<\/em> aims to promote scientific research along with academic educational and outreach activities inspired by the thought of Joseph Ratzinger &#8211; Benedict XVI. It promotes and carries out a variety of activities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block  paragraph-box full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"paragraph-box__content text-center pt-40 md:pt-50 pb-40 md:pb-50\" id=\"\" style=\"\">\n\n          <div class=\"container\" style=\"\">\n  \n  \n  \n      <div class=\"!mb-30 intro-text text-left\">\n      <p><p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Research and in-depth study of the work of Joseph Ratzinger \u2013 Benedict XVI, through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>organizing study days, conferences, conventions, congresses, symposia, and study groups;<\/li>\n<li>publishing scientific studies, particularly in the <i data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"51\">Studi Ratzingeriani<\/i> series edited in collaboration with the Cantagalli publishing house;<\/li>\n<li>supporting and promoting doctoral research projects at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum focused on the theological thought of Joseph Ratzinger;<\/li>\n<li>expanding and enhancing the bibliographic collection on Ratzinger, already housed within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/research\/pius-xii-library\/\">Athenaeum&#8217;s &#8220;Pius XII&#8221; Library<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Academic training and outreach of the thought of Joseph Ratzinger \u2013 Benedict XVI, by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>offering courses for bachelor&#8217;s and licentiate students at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum;<\/li>\n<li>providing educational initiatives aimed at professors and students of the <i data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"74\">Red Internacional de Universidades de Regnum Christi<\/i>, as well as other interested university settings;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\">Establishing a network of scholars, aimed at scientific and academic collaboration to achieve the research and educational goals listed above.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block  card-infoboxes full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"card-infoboxes__content pt-40 md:pt-80 pb-0\" id=\"\" style=\"background-color: #f2f3f5\">\n    <div class=\"container flex flex-row justify-center items-stretch intro_title\">\n      <div class=\"basis-3\/3 pl-20 pr-20 col_sx text-center\">\n                            <h2 class=\"s50  font-500 text-primary\">Board<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"container flex flex-row justify-center items-stretch intro_text\">\n      <div class=\"basis-3\/3 pl-20 pr-20 col_sx text-left\">\n              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"container overflow-hidden pl-20 pr-20 md:pl-0 md:pr-0\">\n        <div\n          class=\"slider slider-disabled\"\n          data-slider-config='{\n            \"slidesPerView\": 1,\n            \"spaceBetween\": 10,\n     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     <p class=\"card__text font-normal font-400\"><p data-path-to-node=\"0\"><strong>Sameer Advani, LC<\/strong>, is an Adjunct Professor of Dogmatic Theology, co-director of the &#8220;Dialogue and Evangelization in Postmodern Culture&#8221; research line, and a researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Bi&#8230;<\/p>\n        \n                  <div class=\"mt-10\">\n            <a href=https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/sameer-advani\/  target=_blank  title=\"Discover more\"   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button   \">\n    <span class=\"button__label\">Discover more<\/span>\n      <span class=\"button__icon icon-arrow\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"12.828\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 12.828\">\n  <g id=\"Icon_feather-arrow-right\" data-name=\"Icon feather-arrow-right\" transform=\"translate(16.5 -6.086)\">\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_346\" data-name=\"Tracciato 346\" d=\"M7.5,18h33\" transform=\"translate(-23 -5.5)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" 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study of the Second Vatican Council, the thought of Joseph Ratzinger\/Benedict XVI, and the history, phenomenology, and theology of the Catholic Char&#8230;<\/p>\n        \n                  <div class=\"mt-10\">\n            <a href=https:\/\/www.upra.org\/iscrizione\/tasse-accademiche\/facolta-di-teologia\/leonardo-pelonara-std\/  target=_blank  title=\"Discover more\"   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button   \">\n    <span class=\"button__label\">Discover more<\/span>\n      <span class=\"button__icon icon-arrow\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"12.828\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 12.828\">\n  <g id=\"Icon_feather-arrow-right\" data-name=\"Icon feather-arrow-right\" transform=\"translate(16.5 -6.086)\">\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_346\" data-name=\"Tracciato 346\" d=\"M7.5,18h33\" transform=\"translate(-23 -5.5)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_347\" data-name=\"Tracciato 347\" d=\"M18,7.5l5,5-5,5\" transform=\"translate(-5.5 0)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n  <\/g>\n<\/svg>\n\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block  paragraph-box full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"paragraph-box__content text-center pt-40 md:pt-50 pb-40 md:pb-50\" id=\"\" style=\"\">\n\n          <div class=\"container\" style=\"\">\n          <h2 class=\"intro-title font-500 text-primary mb-20 s40 \">Scientific Committee<\/h2>\n  \n  \n  \n      <div class=\"!mb-30 intro-text text-left\">\n      <p><ul>\n<li>Prof. Pierluca Azzaro (Fondazione Vaticana Ratzinger-Benedetto XVI)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. David Koonce (APRA)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Jos\u00e9 San Rom\u00e1n (APRA)<\/li>\n<li>Prof.ssa Isabel Troconis (Santa Croce)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Maurice Agbaw-Ebai (Angelicum\/ Catholic Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block  paragraph-box full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"paragraph-box__content text-center pt-40 md:pt-50 pb-40 md:pb-50\" id=\"\" style=\"\">\n\n          <div class=\"container\" style=\"\">\n          <h2 class=\"intro-title font-500 text-primary mb-20 s40 \">Ratzinger Library<\/h2>\n  \n  \n  \n      <div class=\"!mb-30 intro-text text-left\">\n      <p><p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Our University&#8217;s library houses one of the largest collections dedicated to Ratzinger in Rome, Italy, Europe, and the world, featuring over 1,300 books and academic studies on Ratzinger\/Benedict XVI in English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">\n<p 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h-full infoboxes \">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/joseph-ratzinger-e-il-concilio-vaticano-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Joseph Ratzinger and the Second Vatican Council\" ><\/a>\n    <div class=\"card__inner flex flex-col h-full\">\n    <div class=\"card__visual relative basis-1\/3\">\n          <\/div>\n    <div class=\"card__content basis-2\/3 data-def\">\n      <div class=\"pl-14 md:pl-20 pr-20 pt-5 md:pt-10\">\n        <div class=\"date pb-5\">\n  <p class=\"date s14 text-primary\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n                  <h3 class=\"card__title font-medium font-500 text-primary\">Joseph Ratzinger and the Second Vatican Council<\/h3>\n                                  <p class=\"card__text font-normal font-400\"><p>Edited by Professors <strong>Sameer Advani<\/strong> and <strong>Leonardo Pelonara<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n        \n                  <div class=\"mt-10\">\n            <a href=https:\/\/www.upra.org\/joseph-ratzinger-e-il-concilio-vaticano-ii\/  target=_blank  title=\"Discover more\"   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button   \">\n    <span class=\"button__label\">Discover more<\/span>\n      <span class=\"button__icon icon-arrow\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"12.828\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 12.828\">\n  <g id=\"Icon_feather-arrow-right\" data-name=\"Icon feather-arrow-right\" transform=\"translate(16.5 -6.086)\">\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_346\" data-name=\"Tracciato 346\" d=\"M7.5,18h33\" transform=\"translate(-23 -5.5)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_347\" data-name=\"Tracciato 347\" d=\"M18,7.5l5,5-5,5\" transform=\"translate(-5.5 0)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n  <\/g>\n<\/svg>\n\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n              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Parise<\/strong> (Pius XI Theological Institute)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n        \n                  <div class=\"mt-10\">\n            <a href=https:\/\/www.upra.org\/un-semplice-e-umile-lavoratore-nella-vigna-del-signore\/  target=_blank  title=\"Discover more\"   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button   \">\n    <span class=\"button__label\">Discover more<\/span>\n      <span class=\"button__icon icon-arrow\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"12.828\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 12.828\">\n  <g id=\"Icon_feather-arrow-right\" data-name=\"Icon feather-arrow-right\" transform=\"translate(16.5 -6.086)\">\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_346\" data-name=\"Tracciato 346\" d=\"M7.5,18h33\" transform=\"translate(-23 -5.5)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_347\" data-name=\"Tracciato 347\" d=\"M18,7.5l5,5-5,5\" transform=\"translate(-5.5 0)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" 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       <p class=\"card__text font-normal font-400\"><p>The result of five years of research by Prof.<strong> Sameer Advani<\/strong> (APRA)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n        \n                  <div class=\"mt-10\">\n            <a href=https:\/\/www.upra.org\/ratzinger-on-religious-pluralism\/  target=_blank  title=\"Discover more\"   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button   \">\n    <span class=\"button__label\">Discover more<\/span>\n      <span class=\"button__icon icon-arrow\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"12.828\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 12.828\">\n  <g id=\"Icon_feather-arrow-right\" data-name=\"Icon feather-arrow-right\" transform=\"translate(16.5 -6.086)\">\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_346\" data-name=\"Tracciato 346\" d=\"M7.5,18h33\" transform=\"translate(-23 -5.5)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n    <path id=\"Tracciato_347\" data-name=\"Tracciato 347\" d=\"M18,7.5l5,5-5,5\" transform=\"translate(-5.5 0)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#171717\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n  <\/g>\n<\/svg>\n\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n              <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <article class=\"card --infoboxes h-full infoboxes \">\n    <div class=\"card__inner flex flex-col h-full\">\n    <div class=\"card__visual relative basis-1\/3\">\n          <\/div>\n    <div class=\"card__content basis-2\/3 data-def\">\n      <div class=\"pl-14 md:pl-20 pr-20 pt-5 md:pt-10\">\n        <div class=\"date pb-5\">\n  <p class=\"date s14 text-primary\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n                  <h3 class=\"card__title font-medium font-500 text-primary\">Revelation, Hermeneutics, and Doctrinal Development in Joseph Ratzinger<\/h3>\n                                  <p 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