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Pope Leo XIV - insights on the first month of his pontificate

Written by: Root & Branch
mini Foto Ufficiale Papa Leone XIV Copyright VATICAN MEDIAAs we start to gain insights into the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV we are delighted to welcome back our friend and companion Massimo Faggioli who will help us to discern what these early days are revealing.
Massimo is a professor in the department of theology and religious studies at Villanova University, the university where Pope Leo XIV earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1977 and received an honorary Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, from the University in 2014. 
He writes regularly for Italian and English-speaking journals and magazines on the Church, religion and politics, has a column in "La Croix International", is contributing editor for "Commonweal", and staff writer for "Il Regno". His books and articles have been published in eight languages.
You can register for the session at https://forms.gle/kjbvb26BMdKMjfS77
Massimo and the SLN
When we set out on our Journey of Discernment in May 2020, during the time of the pandemic, Massimo was one of our first companions and shared on: The Church and the Pandemic: what do the ‘signs of the times’ say about our Liturgy, Ecclesiology, Spirituality, Church and Politics.
We welcomed him back in August 2021when he shared, as part of our Towards a Syndal Church series, insights on The Synodal Church - A Kairos Time.
In 2023 as part of our The Synodal Journey: What has the Spirit been Saying? What are our Hopes and Fears? series, Massimo shared Insights from North America.
Last year for our Lenten Journey 2024: Our Journey of Hope, Engaging with the Synod Massimo shared on The Synod on Synodality: Between post-Vatican II and the Third Millennium of the Church.
 
All of these sessions are available on our YouTube Channel.
Alex we hope you will be able to join us on the 19th June and we encourage you to share details of the event as widely as possible.
Prayers and solidarity.
The SLN Core Group
 
 

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