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A pilgrim attends the canonization of St. John Henry Newman in Rome, Oct. 13, 2019. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.Vatican City, Jan 3, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).Although the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect many people around the world, the beginning of a new calendar year is also a good time to look forward to joyful events to come.In Rome, the Vatican is planning three important international occasions with Christian hope. Though crowd sizes may have to be controlled, modern technology and the ability to connect remotely or through live streaming mean that participation can be unlimited.As the new year kicks off, here are three Rome events that Catholics can look forward to in 2022.Charles de Foucauld. Public domainThe canonization of Charles de FoucauldThe canonization of Bl. Charles de Foucauld and six other blesseds on May 15 will end a stretch of two years and seven months since the most recent canonizations, those of St. John Henry Newman and four others in October 2019.A can.
Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Francis, and UNESCO s Audrey Azoulay at Rome s Pontifical Lateran University, Oct. 7, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Oct 7, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday launched a degree course on ecology and the environment at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.The course of studies, called "Care of our common home and protection of creation," was established in cooperation with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of the world s 300 million Orthodox Christians.A UNESCO Chair "On Futures of Education for Sustainability" was also inaugurated on Oct. 7.In a letter to Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the university s grand chancellor, Pope Francis said that a university education must "be able to respond to the numerous challenges currently posed to the whole of humanity and communities of believers, proposing a courageous coherent cultural drive and a scientifically valid project.