On the 23rd of November, 2011, 14 rectors and vice-rectors gathered for a Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools from Wrocław, Opole, Częstochowa and Zielona Góra attended the general audience where they awarded the Pope Benedict XVI a special scientific distinction – Academic Laurels, which was a prove of recognition of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger’s and subsequently the Pope’s scientific accomplishments.
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