The John Paul II Foundation for Research and Treatment is a hospital managed by the

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, specialized in the fields of oncology, cardiovascular diseases and specialistic medicine, located in

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sa ...

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

History

On 19 March 1995

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

held the ceremony for the beginning of the construction of the Institute, and on 16 September 2002 the center was officially opened. In 2010 the Institute counts more than 700 students enrolled in Bachelor programs for health professions, as peripheral courses of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University, headquartered in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

External links

* Hospitals in Italy Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Pope John Paul II Campobasso {{Europe-hospital-stub