Today we visited the Free University of Brussels to give a lecture on the mysteries of the Vatican. It was an opportunity to talk to an audience of students about the unique place of the Holy See in the concert of nations and the specificity of this small enclave state in the heart of Rome, which is both a spiritual power and a recognized diplomatic player on the international stage.
This meeting with the students has a special symbolic significance. It should be remembered that the Free University of Brussels was founded in 1834 by Freemasons and anti-clerical liberals, precisely to counterbalance the Catholic University of Louvain and promote the principles of “free thought.”