Benedict XVI's Legacy (April 7–9, 2024)
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.)
Registration has closed, but members of the Notre Dame, Saint Mary's, and Holy Cross communities are welcome to attend the conference without registration.
Conference Schedule
| Sunday, April 7 | |
| 5:00–7:00 p.m. |
Registration Check-In Morris Inn, outside Private Dining Rooms Note: Check-in will also be available all day Monday. |
| 8:00–9:15 p.m. |
Welcome Address: “Intellectual Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI” |
| 9:15 p.m. |
Opening Reception |
| Monday, April 8 | |
| 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Registration Check-In Morris Inn, outside Private Dining Rooms |
| 9:00–10:15 a.m. |
Christianity and Culture Speech at the Collèges des Bernardins, Paris, Sept. 12, 2008 Rémi Brague (Sorbonne, Paris; Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)* * presenting virtually |
| 10:15–10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Science, Technology, and Faith Lecture at the University of La Sapienza, Rome, Jan. 17, 2008 Rev. Paolo Benanti (Pontificia Università Gregoriana) |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. |
Faith and Reason Lecture at the University of Regensburg, Germany, Sept. 12, 2006 Rev. Kevin Flannery, S.J. (Pontificia Università Gregoriana) |
| 2:45–3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30–4:45 p.m. |
Young Scholar Panel |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Mass |
| 8:00–9:00 p.m. |
Presentation: My Time with Pope Benedict XVI |
| 9:00 p.m. |
Reception |
| Tuesday, April 9 | |
| 9:00–10:15 a.m. |
Law, Justice, and Faith Speech at the Bundestag, Berlin, Sept. 22, 2011 Lorenza Violini (Università Statale, Milano) |
| 10:15–10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Faith, Democracy, and Politics Speech at Westminster Hall, London, Sept. 17, 2010 Chantal Delsol (University of Marne-la-Vallée)* * presenting virtually |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. |
Sexual Abuse Pastoral Letter to the Catholics in Ireland, March 19, 2010 Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J. (Fondazione Joseph Ratzinger) * presenting virtually |
| 2:45–3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15–4:30 p.m. |
Science, Technology, and Faith Lecture at the University of La Sapienza, Rome, Jan. 17, 2008 Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University)* * presenting virtually |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Closing Mass |
| 8:00–9:15 p.m. |
Closing Roundtable: “Continuing the Legacy of Benedict XVI” |
| 9:15 p.m. |
Closing Reception |