Georgetown, Vatican host conference for writers on Pope Francis’s legacy
June 12, 2025
Georgetown University and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education sponsored a conference in Rome on the theme of “Human Fraternity in a Divided World: Writers Engage the Legacy of Pope Francis.”
Three Vatican officials spoke at the June 9-10 conference: Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Bishop Paul Tighe, and Father Antonio Spadaro, SJ. Over two dozen writers spoke, including American authors Paul Elie and Parul Sehgal, Canadian author Naomi Klein, English author Zadie Smith, and Indian author Pankaj Mishra.
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