Highlights from the International Conference on “Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture, and Politics”

The Benedict XVI Institute for Africa is pleased to offer the following detailed recap and photos from participants and attendees of the International Conference on the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI. Background The International Conference on “Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture, and Politics”, held at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, […]

Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture, and Politics de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture | Ratzinger Foundation | Bene

Sunday, April 7 5:00–7:00 p.m. Registration Check-InMorris Inn, outside Private Dining RoomsNote: Check-in will also be available Monday. 6:00-7:30 p.m. Welcome DinnerMorris Inn, Private Dining Rooms 8:00–9:15 p.m. Welcome Address: “Intellectual Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI”Cyril O’Regan (University of Notre Dame)Introductory Remarks: Rev. Jordi Pujol, Rev. Roberto RegoliDownes BallroomChair: Margaret Cabaniss (de Nicola Center for […]

Three Lessons from Pope Benedict XVI

An old pastor once told me that many priests enjoy a special relationship with theman serving as Pope when they were in the seminary. At least in the contemporaryperiod, it is true that precisely at the time when a man is thinking over whether he iscalled to be a priest, the one who occupies the […]

Benedict XVI at 95: Searching for the Face of the Lord

Towards the end of the Book of Signs in the Gospel of John, the Evangelist narrates an intriguing request from a somewhat unexpected source: “Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, ‘Sir, we wish […]

Remembering Benedict XVI Three Years Ago

February 11 is celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar as the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which recalls the 1858 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the vicinity of Lourdes, France. In that puzzling country in the central region of Africa called Cameroon, it is celebrated as a National Youth Day, even […]