Pope welcomes former U.S. university head to Vatican congregation

Published: 2004-01-14

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope John Paul II met with Archbishop Michael J. Miller at the Vatican and welcomed him as the new No. 2 official of the Congregation for Catholic Education. The pope praised Archbishop Miller, a Canadian-born Basilian priest, for his service to the truth in previous positions at the Vatican and as president of the University of St. Thomas in Houston. The pope also greeted a number of the archbishop's fellow Basilians, relatives and friends. The Jan. 13 encounter came a day after the Vatican appointee was consecrated an archbishop in St. Peter's Basilica by Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, head of the education congregation. The pope said Archbishop Miller's episcopal motto, "Veritati Servire" ("To Serve the Truth") was "an eloquent summary of the commitment that has marked his priestly life" at the University of St. Thomas and during his service at the Vatican's Secretariat of State, 1992-97.

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