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Harvard Students Organize School’s First Annual Trip To Vatican

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About 20 undergraduates and graduate students at Harvard are going to Rome during spring break for a summit with Vatican officials about issues like Syria's refugee crisis, education, and healthcare; they may even meet Pope Francis. The trip, sparked in part by Harvard law professor (and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican) Mary Ann Glendon, is a first for the school.

About 20 undergraduates and graduate students at Harvard are going to Rome during spring break for a summit with Vatican officials about issues like Syria's refugee crisis, education, and healthcare; they may even meet Pope Francis. The trip, sparked in part by Harvard law professor (and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican) Mary Ann Glendon, is a first for the school.…