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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-In
Morris Inn, outside Private Dining Rooms
Note: Check-in will also be available Monday.


6:00-7:30 p.m. Welcome Dinner
Morris 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 Regoli
Downes Ballroom
Chair: Margaret Cabaniss (de Nicola Center for Ethics & Culture)

9:15 p.m. Opening Reception
Downes Ballroom

Monday, April 8
8:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon A


8:00a.m.–12:00 p.m. Registration Check-In
Morris Inn, outside Private Dining Rooms


9:00–10:15 a.m. Christianity and Culture
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C


Speech at the Collèges des Bernardins, Paris, Sept. 12, 2008


Rémi Brague (Sorbonne, Paris; Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)*
Mother Mary Christa Nutt, RSM (Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma)
Rev. Maurice Agbaw Ebai Ashley (Boston College)


10:15–10:45 a.m. Break
Morris Inn


10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Science, Technology, and Faith
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C


Lecture at the University of La Sapienza, Rome, Jan. 17, 2008


Rev. Paolo Benanti (Pontificia Università Gregoriana)
Ben Hurlbut (Arizona State University)
Chair: Heather Foucalt-Camm (University of Notre Dame)


12:00–1:15 p.m. Lunch
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon A


*Remote presentation

1:30–2:45 p.m. Faith and Reason
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C


Lecture at the University of Regensburg, Germany, Sept. 12, 2006


Rev. Kevin Flannery, S.J. (Pontificia Università Gregoriana)
Tracey Rowland (University of Notre Dame, Australia)
Alessandro Clemenzia (Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Centrale, Florence)

Chair: Rev. William R. Dailey, C.S.C. (University of Notre Dame)

2:45–3:30 p.m. Break (Solar Eclipse)
Morris Inn

3:30–4:45 p.m. Young Scholar Panel
William Hunter (University of Notre Dame)
Rev. Tegha Nji (University of Notre Dame)
Maura Shea (University of Notre Dame)
Dennis Wieboldt III (University of Notre Dame)
Chair: Margaret Cabaniss (de Nicola Center for Ethics & Culture)
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C

5:15 p.m. Mass
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

6:15–7:45 p.m. Dinner
Morris Inn, Bistro

8:00–9:00 p.m. Presentation: My Time with Pope Benedict XVI
Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J. (Fondazione Joseph Ratzinger)
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C
9:00 p.m. Reception
Morris Inn

Tuesday, April 9
8:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon A

9:00–10:15 a.m. Law, Justice, and Faith
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C

Speech at the Bundestag, Berlin, Sept. 22, 2011
Lorenza Violini (Università Statale, Milano)
Santiago Legarre (Universidad Católica de Argentina)
Daniel Mark (Villanova University)
Chair: Diane Desierto (Notre Dame Law School)

10:15–10:45 a.m. Break
Morris Inn

10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Faith, Democracy, and Politics
Morris Inn

Speech at Westminster Hall, Lond, Sept. 17, 2010
Chantal Delsol (University of Marne-la-Vallée)*
Cristóbal Orrego Sánchez (Universidad Católica de Chile)
Sherif Girgis (University of Notre Dame)

Chair: Pierluca Azzaro (Fondazione Joseph Ratzinger, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

12:00–1:15 p.m. Lunch
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon A

Remote presentation

1:30–2:45 p.m. Sexual Abuse, Morris Inn

Pastoral Letter to the Catholics in Ireland, March 19, 2010

Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J. (Fondazione Joseph Ratzinger) Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna (Adjunct Secretary of DDF)
Ana Maria Celis Brunet (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Rev. John Paul Kimes (Notre Dame Law School, de Nicola Center for Ethics & Culture)
Chair: Ines San Martin (The Pontifical Missions Societies, USA)

2:45–3:15 p.m. Break
Morris Inn

3:15–4:30 p.m. Science, Technology, and Faith
Morris Inn

Lecture at the University of La Sapienza, Rome, Jan. 17, 2008
Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University)*
Ben Hurlbut (Arizona State University)
Chair: Heather Foucalt-Camm (University of Notre Dame)

5:15 p.m. Closing Mass
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Celebrant: Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J.
Homilist: Rev. John Paul Kimes

6:15–7:45 p.m. Dinner
Morris Inn, Private Dining Rooms

8:00–9:15 p.m. Closing Roundtable: “Continuing the Legacy of Benedict XVI”
Morris Inn Ballroom, Salon B/C
Chair: Rev. John Paul Kimes (Notre Dame Law School, de Nicola
Center for Ethics & Culture)

9:15 p.m. Closing Reception
Morris Inn

*Remote presentation