"International Relations and the Church" with professor Roberto Regoli, PhD.
Fri, Sep 06
|Rowling Hall, RRH 5.420
In times of international crises, diplomatic relations become important and delicate. And religions can make their contribution for peace or war. Papal diplomacy is the oldest in the world. It concerns not only the small Vatican City State but also all Catholics around the globe.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Rowling Hall, RRH 5.420, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705, USA
About The Event
Co-sponsored with the Salem Center for Policy at UT Austin, the inaugural lecture of the academic year is one not to be missed. Professor, author, and historian Fr. Roberto Regoli will guide us through some of the intricacies of Papal diplomacy, the oldest in the world. We know that in times of international crises, diplomatic relations become important and delicate. This is true also for the Holy See and its missions, able to influence Catholics and non-Catholics all around the globe and to be a determinant force in preventing violence and war.
About the speaker:
Roberto Regoli, H.E.D., H.E.L., Ph.B.A., S.T.B.A. (Gregoriana, Rome), is a full professor of contemporary Church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome), head of the Department of Church History, as well as editor of Archivum Historiae Pontificiae. His areas of research include the history of the Papacy, the Roman Curia, and pontifical diplomacy from the 19th…
