In concert with the public declaration by Pope Leo XIV on November 1, 2025 that St. John Henry Newman is the 38th Doctor of the Universal Church, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture co-hosts an academic symposium at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Aula Magna, Piazza della Pilota 4, 00187 Roma). Presented in concert with the Gregorian Faculty of Theology, the Centro Internazionale degli Amici di Newman, and the National Institute for Newman Studies.

Livestream available via this link. Simultaneous translation (English/Italian) available.

Schedule of Presentations

First Session (9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.)
President: Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
Moderator: Hermann Geissler FSO
Official greetings
Joseph Carola SJ: Newman and the Relevance of the Fathers
Kathleen Dietz FSO: Newman and the Birth of an Ecclesiology

Second Session (11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.)
President: Bishop Emeritus Edoardo Cerrato
Moderator: Joseph Carola SJ
Hermann Geissler FSO: Newman e lo Sviluppo della Dottrina
Nicolas Steeves SJ: John Henry Newman, Doctor Creatricis Fidelitatis

Third Session (3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.)
President: Donna Orsuto
Moderator: Jennifer Newsome Martin
Opening remarks (Christopher Cimorelli and Elizabeth Huddleston)
Short presentations on Newman’s eminent teaching within the Positio
- Kenneth Parker, C. Michael Shea: Development, Its Reception and Impact
- Christopher Cimorelli: Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue
- Fred Aquino and Logan Gage: Natural/philosophical Faith, Reason, and Assent
- Andrew Meszaros: Revealed/theological Faith, Reason, and Assent
- Matthew Muller: Scriptural Inspiration o Benjamin King: Newman’s Patristic Formation and Its Consequences
- Ryan Marr: Magisterium

Fourth Session (5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.)
President: Kenneth Parker
Moderator: Elizabeth Huddleston
Short presentations on Newman’s eminent teaching within the Positio
- Bernard Dive: Conscience
- Paul Shrimpton: Newman and Education
- Jennifer Newsome Martin: Newman and the sensus fidelium
- Shaun Blanchard: Newman and Synodality
- Geertjan Zuijdwegt: Newman and the New Evangelization
- Eamon Duffy: Newman as Preacher
- Brian Hughes: Newman as Mystic