Ecumenical Panel on “For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church”
Free and open to the public. This program will be held as a hybrid, in-person and online event. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center. […]
Symposium on “The Future of Natural Law”
Natural law theory has long been a central tenet of Christian philosophical and theological reflection on the relationship between God, the moral life, and society, and it has played an […]
Reconciling Justice: A Community Conversation on Criminal Justice Reform
This event is by invitation only. For more information, contact ccjrn@lumenchristi.org. An event for lawyers, legal scholars, judges, ministry leaders, social workers, clergy, and people who have been directly impacted […]
On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law
REGISTER HERE For more information, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. Co-sponsored by the Catholic University of America Press. Russell Hittinger has long been one of the world’s leading scholars of Catholic social teaching […]
What Is a Society? On the Coherence of Catholic Social Thought from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis
REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive copies of the […]
Economics and Catholic Social Thought Virtual Workshop, 2023-2024
In partnership with CREDO, the Lumen Christi Institute is cosponsoring a monthly Economics and Catholic Social Thought Virtual Workshop. The interdisciplinary workshop will take place online the second Friday of […]
Forming the Leaders of Tomorrow at Booth School of Business
Financial markets have an outsized role in shaping the world in which we live. With so much at stake, how can investors integrate morals and economics? What are the creative […]
CREDO Economics and CST Virtual Workshop 2021-2022
In partnership with CREDO, the Lumen Christi Institute is cosponsoring a monthly invite-only CREDO Econ and CST Virtual Workshop. This interdisciplinary workshop will take place online the first Friday of each […]
CANCELED: Brian Patrick McGuire on St. Bernard of Clairvaux
A Key to Understanding “Laudato Si”
It may come as a surprise—especially given Pope Francis’ current reputation as a pontiff concerned about the environment—that Pope Benedict XVI was considered in both religious and secular circles to be the original “Green Pope.” In boosting efforts to make Vatican City more environmentally efficient, he even purchased a forest to offset the Vatican’s carbon imprint.
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski (Archdiocese of Miami) reminded the audience of Benedict in order to put Pope Francis’ contribution in perspective in his keynote address in the symposium, “Caring for our Common Home: Economics, Environment, & Catholic Social Thought” (May 19).