Rector Tanjić at the FIUC Administrative Council meeting in Rome

On Monday, December 2 and Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a meeting of the Governing Council of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC) was held in Rome, attended by the rector of the Croatian Catholic University, Prof. Ph.D. sc. Željko Tanjić. The meeting was also attended by other rectors and representatives of the continental associations of Europe and Lebanon, Asia and Australia, and North and South America.

During the meeting, they discussed the preparations for the General Assembly of the Federation, which will be held at the end of July 2025 at the Valle de Atemajac University in Guadalajara, Mexico, then the activities related to the 100th anniversary of the Federation, financial and other reports of individual continental associations.

A special point of the meeting was the discussion about the Jubilee Year 2025, which the meeting participants discussed with Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendoça, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education. Cardinal Mendoça was particularly interested in the activities of FIUC as well as certain continental associations, and part of the conversation was devoted to the plans for the Jubilee of the university students, which will be celebrated in October 2025. Cardinal Mendoça thanked the governing council of FIUC for everything it does for the Church and society, especially in the field of higher education.