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“Labor, Capital and the Heart in the Time of Pope Leo XIV:��Renewing Catholic Social Teaching for a New Age”

Monday, September 29
8:45 a.m.–5:10 p.m.

Arthur M. Goldberg ’66 Commons
John F. Scarpa Hall

In this conference dedicated to renewing Catholic social teaching for a new age, �������� celebrates the election of the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, OSA, ’77 CLAS, to the papacy. Soon after his election, Pope Leo XIV stated that he chose his regnal name because the body of Catholic social teaching begun by Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) would form “the path” from which he would address “new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor.”��Challenges of this kind, often captured under the term “the social question,” involve deep questions about the norms governing the societies and associations in which individuals make their lives in the modern world, marked as it is by a very unequal distribution of material goods, property, and opportunity. Recognizing both��that associations matter and��that some associations do a far better job than others at contributing to human flourishing, Catholic social teaching passes nuanced judgments on socialism, capitalism, collectivism, individualism and other theories that vie to shape culture, society, and law and, through them all, the future of humanity.

Working from the disciplinary perspectives of law, economics, labor theory, history, philosophy and theology, the distinguished conference speakers will explore the new challenges facing Pope Leo XIV in light of the enduring principles of Catholic social teaching, attentive to Pope Benedict XVI’s warning that “there is no ordering of the State so just that it can eliminate the need for a service of love. Whoever wants to eliminate love is preparing to eliminate man as such” (Deus Caritas Est��No. 28b).

The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this symposium for 6 Substantive CLE credits and 1 Ethics credit. Please note registration prior to the event is required. After the conference, there will be book signings of Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do About It by Sohrab Ahmar and On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law by Russell Hittinger. A reception will follow in the Ambassador David F. Girard-diCarlo ’73 and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo ’74 Student Lounge.

Co-sponsored by the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture

AGENDA

8:45-9:00 a.m.: Welcome and Introduction

• Mark C. Alexander, The Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law, �������� Law
• Patrick McKinley Brennan, Professor of Law & John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies, �������� Law��

Session 1

9:00-9:45 a.m.: Introduction to Catholic Social Thought

• ,��Research Professor, The Catholic University of America

9:45-10:45 a.m.:��Renewing the Christian Democratic Tradition in the 21st Century: Between Leo XIII and XVI

• , US editor of UnHerd

10:45-10:55 a.m.: Break

10:55 a.m.-12:10 p.m.:��Perspectives on Renewing the Christian Democratic Tradition

• , J. Donald Monan Professor of Theology, Boston College
• Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion and Civil Society & Faculty Director of the Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership and Organization, University of Pennsylvania
• , Professor of History and Executive Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University
• ,�� Director of Political Economy & Associate Professor, Busch School of Business, The Catholic University of America

12:10-1:00 p.m.: Lunch

Session 2

1:00-1:45 p.m.: Architects of Unity and Peace: The Framers, the Constitution and Two Leonine Popes

• Sister Brigid Mary Meeks, RSM '22

1:45-2:30 p.m.: 'He Has Given Us This Place of Exile': ��Rerum novarum��and the Hopes of a Pilgrim Church

• Kevin L. Hughes, Chairperson of Theology & Religious Studies and Professor of Historical Theology, ��������

2:30-3:15 p.m.: Three Coming Challenges in the Times of Leo XIV: ��Labor, Leisure and Life

• , David F. and Erin M. Seng Foundation Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame

3:15-4:00 p.m.:��Are the Roots of the Social Teaching Really Understood?

• John Rao, Director, Roman Forum & Former Associate Professor of History, St. John's University

4:00-4:10 p.m.: Break

4:10-5:10 p.m.: Roundtable

5:10 p.m.: Public Reception