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Culture | Literature | Theology
The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission
Thursday, September 10, 2020
1:00 pm EDT - 2:00 pm EDT
Live Streamed
Online Only Event
Description
The Catholic Church is on the verge of a transition of great consequence.
Drawing on his personal discussions with John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, as well as his decades of experience with Catholics from every continent, George Weigel will examine the major challenges confronting the Catholic Church and its 1.3 billion believers in the twenty-first century: challenges the next pontificate must address as the Church enters new, uncharted territory. To what is the Holy Spirit calling this Church-in-transition? What are the qualities needed in the man who will lead the Church from the Chair of Saint Peter?
This event will be moderated by Mitch Boersma, the Chief Operating Officer at the CIC and Co-founder and Executive Director of the Leonine Forum.
About the Speakers
George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.
Mitch Boersma is the Executive Vice President of the Catholic Information Center and co-founder of The Leonine Forum.
