Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, is pictured on Sept. 11 2012 at the university in Rome. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

17 Nov 2017

By The Record

Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, is pictured on Sept. 11 2012 at the university in Rome. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, said no one should be surprised by the range of the Vatican’s scholarly interests or its interest to scholars. Father Tanner is pictured at the university in Rome Sept. 11. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Sept. 13, 2012) See VATICAN LETTER Sept. 13, 2012.