Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, said yesterday that the enrolment of students from the mainland by the University of St. Joseph (USJ) “belongs to the future.”
The Italian cardinal made the remarks during a visit to the USJ campus in Ilha Verde district.
According to previous media reports, the Roman-Catholic university, which is co-owned by the local diocese and the Catholic University in Lisbon, has been keen for years to enrol students from the mainland. Apparently, the central government still has to give a green light to the enrolment.
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