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Rocco Buttiglione is a Professor of Political Science at Saint Pius V University in Rome, and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. An academic and a Christian Democrat politician, Buttiglione has held various offices in Italian government including Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 2008. He also served as a minister for EU policies from 2001 to 2006. In 2005 Buttiglione received an honorary doctoral degree from Francisco Marroquín University for his commitment to the ideas of liberty. Among his more recent publications are Karol Wojtyla: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II (1997) and The Moral Mandate for Freedom: Reflections on Centesimus Annus (1997). He studied law in Turin and Rome.