The agreement - MIUR explained in a note - provides for the recognition of all university degrees issued by the Holy See, as happens for any other sovereign State, through a procedure that will take place materially through the Universities, which will evaluate the degrees and will provide for their recognition.
Until now, only the titles of "Theology and Sacred Scripture" were fully recognized, while for the other titles issued by the Holy See's university institutions there was no uniform recognition in the Italian national territory, and they could be assessed in the same way as all the other foreign degrees.
The agreement is the daughter of the so-called "Lisbon Convention" and the "European Higher Education Area" (EHEA), to which the Holy See has adhered to since 2003. "This was the fundamental step that paved the way for the study of a new agreement arrived to port these days. The equivalence of titles for Theology and the Holy Scriptures remains alive, while the possibility of recognizing the other titles opens up," said, summing up, Msgr. Angelo Vincenzo Zani, CEC Secretary.
"I am particularly happy with the signing of this agreement ... As it is evident, this is an agreement that primarily favors the students," added Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, CEC Prefect.
"We are very proud of the result achieved," said MIUR director, Minister Bussetti. "This is a long-awaited, historic agreement."
