Education

1998
Ph.D. in Theology (Summa cum Laude), Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome). Thesis: “The Church is essentially missionary. The relationship between ‘the nature of the Church’ - ‘the mission of the Church’ in the ‘iter’ of the Constitution ‘De Ecclesia’ (1959-1964)” – directed by Angel Antón. The thesis was published in the series “Analecta Gregoriana”

1994
Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology (Summa cum Laude), Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome). Thesis: “Aspetti dell’ermeneutica conciliare della dottrina biblica della rigenerazione dalla Parola (1 Pt 1, 23) in alcuni testi della LG” – directed by William Henn

1979
Graduated at the History Department of the Faculty of Modern Literature an Philosophy of the “Università degli Studi” in Trieste (110 score cum laude). Thesis: “Aspetti dell’azione dei Gesuiti in alcune parti dei territori asburgici alla fine del 1500” – directed by Giovanni Miccoli