Talk:Pontifical North American College

Errors
This article had several errors which I just removed: The NAC is not for lay students. It does not confer academic degrees. And the picture to the right (of the Gregorian) is not part of the NAC.

I just wanted to say that whoever added the sources section and the book cited - it was not used to add info to this article. The info that's here is from personal experience.67.80.139.189 22:01, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

There is no need for a reference to the Josephenum. Maybe there should be mention of the universities of Rome, though.

Pontifical North American College
The one important legal correction is that the College is not located in Vatican City, but rather in Rome on Italian soil. The Janiculum campus of the College is located on property that enjoys a certain degree of "extraterritoriality" pursuant to the "Concordat" (treaty) between Vatican City State and the Republic of Italy. In international law, "extraterritoriality" means that the given property is not subject to the jurisdiction of the country where it is located. It does not mean that the given property is actually a "little piece" of the country to whom extraterritoriality is granted (Vatican City State in this case). Under the Corcordat there are varying degrees of extraterritoriality, and the degree of extraterritoriality enjoyed by the College's Janiculum campus is such that it is not entirely exempt from Italian jurisdiction. The College's Casa S. Maria campus in central Rome does not enjoy any degree of extraterritoriality. Purely as a convenience, however, the College does have a Vatican City postal address as well as an Italian one (Via del Gianicolo, 14; 00165 Rome), but that is not sufficient to put it in Vatican City.

The other changes are pretty much self-explanatory, except that for consistency I removed "Cardinal" from the names of the two rectors who later became cardinals since none of the other rectors in the list have an indication of their offices, either as rector or later (i.e.,father/monsignor/bishop/archbishop).

Jmcrowley (talk) 23:53, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Department
It mentioned the enrollment in the "Seminary Department". As far as I know, and I attend the college, it isn't called that. It is merely called the Seminary. Pop6 (talk) 18:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Rites
As of the present moment, all of the seminarians at the Seminary are Latin Rite (see Roman Catholic). However, there have been Eastern Catholic seminarians there in the past. Also, there are currently some Eastern Catholic priests at the Casa Santa Maria. Pop6 (talk) 18:19, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

ICTE
The Institute is called the ICTE program (the Institute for Continuing Theological Education). . Pop6 (talk) 18:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Leuven
There is another Ponitifical American College in Leuven, although the name is slightly different. Should there be a reference to it in the lede of this article? That college is American College of the Immaculate Conception. Pop6 (talk) 18:19, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Enrollment
One does not need to be a citizen of the United States. One must be sent by an American diocese (i.e. sponsored by an American diocese), or an Australian diocese. I know several people who are legal residents of American but not citizens who attend the college. Pop6 (talk) 18:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Pontifical University
I added the link for Pontifical Universities. Pop6 (talk) 18:34, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Merger from clericus cup team
Some of the information from the team from the college competing in the Clericus Cup could be merged into a section of this article. Gentgeen (talk) 11:35, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Piazza della Minerva
There was a fact cited in this article to the following effect: "Its first home was intended to be the former conventual buildings of the Dominican Priory at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, which at that time was also the home of the Dominican College of St. Thomas — the institution what would later grow into the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum." A citation referenced the fact (which is true, I pass this inscription every day while walking through Rome): "You can still see the faded lettering of the North American College over the doorway of the building in the Piazza di S. Maria Sopra Minerva." The problem is that this is a misinterpretation. The inscription reads Conlegium Pontificium Americanum, which is a reference to the Pontifical Latin American College, not the Pontifical North American College. The citation for this fact was a history blog entitled "What Sister Never Knew and Father Never Told You", which appears to be a historian's personal project. Here's an authoritative citation to the contrary: the speech of Pope Paul VI inaugurating the Latin American College's new campus, which references its former seat in the Piazza della Minerva. — AJDS talk 10:46, 11 November 2017 (UTC)