Centesimus Annus and Deus Caritas Est
December 12, 2006
Gregorian Pontifical University
Speakers:
- George Weigel
- His Eminence Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
- Professor Jean Yves Naudet
- His Imperial and Royal Highness, Otto von Habsburg
Conference Media:
- “Centesimus Annus, Deus Caritas Est and the Economy” address by Prof. Jean Yves Naudet, 2006-12-12
- “Centesimus Annus – Deus Caritas Est e la economia” address by Prof. Jean Yves Naudet, 2006-12-12
In the Press:
- “George Weigel on "Deus Caritas Est" ” by Viktoria Somogyi, Zenit News Agency, 2006-12-19
“From
Centesimus Annus to Deus Caritas Est” by George Weigel, Vatican Radio, 2006-12-18- “From
Centesimus Annus to Deus Caritas Est” by Jean Naudet, Vatican Radio, 2006-12-18
- “From Centesimus Annus to Deus Caritas Est” by George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center, 2006-12-13
- “It's pope vs. pop star on Africa, Weigel says” by John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic Reporter, 2006-12-12
Mr. Weigel is a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC. He is a Roman Catholic theologian and one of America's leading commentators on issues of religion and public life. He holds the William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at EPPC. He is the author or editor of numerous books.Amongst hisrecent works is the internationally acclaimed Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II, Letters to a Young Catholic, The Cube and the Cathedral, Europe, America, and Politics without God, and most recently God’s Choice on the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
In addition to his books, Weigel has contributed essays, op-ed columns, and reviews to the major opinion journals and newspapers in the United States. He has appeared on numerous network television, cable television, and radio discussion programs, and is a consultant on Vatican affairs for NBC News. Weigel, who has been awarded eight honorary doctorates and the papal cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, serves on the boards of directors of several organizations dedicated to human rights and the cause of religious freedom. He is also a member of the editorial board of First Things.
His Eminence Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., is currently the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, a position he has held since 1988. An internationally known author and lecturer, he was born in Auburn, New York, on August 24, 1918, the son of John Foster Dulles and Janet Pomeroy Avery Dulles. He received his primary school education in New York City, and attended secondary schools in Switzerland and New England. After graduating from Harvard College in 1940, he spent a year and a half in Harvard Law School before serving in the United States Navy, emerging with the rank of lieutenant.
Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1946, Avery Dulles entered the Jesuit Order, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. After a year in Germany, he studied at the Gregorian University in Rome, and was awarded the doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1960. He was created a Cardinal of the Catholic Church in Rome on February 21, 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
Cardinal Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974 and that of The Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988. He has been a visiting professor at: The Gregorian University (Rome), Weston School of Theology, Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Princeton Theological Seminary, Episcopal Seminary (Alexandria, Va.), Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg, Pa.), Boston College, Campion Hall (Oxford University), the University of Notre Dame, the Catholic University at Leuven, Yale University, and St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie.
The author of over 700 articles on theological topics, Cardinal Dulles has published twenty-two books including Models of the Church (1974), Models of Revelation (1983), The Catholicity of the Church (1985), The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System (1992), The Assurance of Things Hoped For: A Theology of Christian Faith (1994), The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II (1999), The New World of Faith (2000), and his latest book, Newman (2002). The fiftieth anniversary edition of his book, A Testimonial to Grace, was republished in 1996 by the original publishers, Sheed and Ward, with an afterword containing his reflections on the past fifty years.
Past President of both the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society and Professor Emeritus at The Catholic University of America, Cardinal Dulles has served on the International Theological Commission and as a member of the United States Lutheran/Roman Catholic Coordinating Committee. He is presently an advisor to the Committee on Doctrine of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. He has an impressive collection of awards, including Phi Beta Kappa, the Croix de Guerre, the Cardinal Spellman Award for distinguished achievement in theology, the Boston College Presidential Bicentennial Award, the Christus Magister Medal from the University of Portland (Oregon), the Religious Education Forum Award from the National Catholic Educational Association, America Magazine's Campion Award, the F. Sadlier Dinger Award for contributions to the catechetical ministry of the Church, the Cardinal Gibbons Award from The Catholic University of America, the John Carroll Society Medal, Fordham's Founders Award, and twenty-eight honorary doctorates.
Jean-Yves Naudet is Professorof Economics at theUniversité d’Aix-Marseille III,France, and teaches in the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics.He is an expert of Catholic social teaching as well as the thought of the nineteenth century French economist Frederic Basitat, he has authored several economic textbooks, especially on matters of political economy, as well as books on Catholic social teaching, including Dominez la terre and Pour une économie au service de la personne. He is also one of the directors of the Summer University for the New Economy, held each year at Aix-en-Provence. He is also a director of the French Catholic Economists Association.
His Imperial and Royal Highness, Otto von Habsburg
Born in 1912, Otto von Habsburg is the son of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, Blessed Charles I. Dr. Habsburg studied social and political sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven and graduated in 1935. He has lived in several countries, and was a strong advocate for a free Austria during the period of Nazi occupation. He served as a member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) party from 1979-1999. An early proponent of a unified Europe, Dr. Habsburg has written and spoken widely on this theme, including books such as The Social Order of Tomorrow (1957). He has also authored a biography of his ancestor, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1970).
