Holy See connects to Research and Education Networks.

Due to the recent 100 Mbps direct connection to the GARR network, the Holy See is now linked to the pan-European GEANT2 network, making available a vast and diverse array of resources to students and researchers world wide and becoming an integral part of the worldwide system of Research and Education Networks. The Italian GARR network is connected to the pan-European high- speed internet backbone, GEANT2, which connects R&E networks across the continent and provides links to non-EU countries through the implementation of several international interconnection projects. This connection will provide an important link between the worlds of science and knowledge and the wider Church, not only in Europe, but in Latin America, South Africa, the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East. On one hand, it is likely to promote openness and accessibility to the Priesthood, Holy Orders and the Church Hierarchy and to foster inter-faith dialogue between different world regions and cultures-, on the other hand, it will make an important contribution to the spread of cultural and theological knowledge globally.

www.geant2.net/launch