The de Nicola Center is proud to host the second installment of an international project on “Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture, and Politics” at the University of Notre Dame, April 7–9, 2024.

Hosted in partnership with the Ratzinger Foundation and the Benedict XVI Institute, and launched in November 2023 with a conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University, this initiative invites scholars and experts from around the globe to engage select texts from Benedict XVI’s pontificate, consider their enduring and intergenerational import, and to reflect on the legacy they point toward today. (Watch video from the November 2023 session at the Pontifical Gregorian University's YouTube page: introductory remarks, lecture and responses.)

The full schedule is on the conference homepage.

Featured speakers include:

• Rémi Brague (Sorbonne, Paris; Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)
• Tracey Rowland (University of Notre Dame, Australia)
• Chantal Delsol (University of Marne-la-Valée)
• Lorenza Violini (Universitá Statale, Milano)
• Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J. (Fondazione Joseph Ratzinger)
• Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Rome)

Registration has ended, but ND/SMC/HCC community members are welcome to attend conference sessions as space allows.