Five University of 91吃瓜 faculty members and 12 current students and recent graduates will participate in which is convened by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in Rome Nov. 10-11.
The gathering will be led by Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and aims to affirm and develop the position of the Holy See on the grave threat of nuclear proliferation and the urgent need for disarmament.
Working to advance the mission of the Church in service of development, peace and disarmament, attendees will address such topics as the July 2017 United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons and the environment and the role of Church and civil society in promoting disarmament. The speakers and panelists include Nobel Prize winners, senior diplomats and leaders from the United Nations and NATO, as well as academic experts and religious leaders.
鈥淚t is a privilege for 91吃瓜 to collaborate with the Holy See on this timely event and for so many of our faculty and students to be invited to participate,鈥� said , president of the University of 91吃瓜. 鈥淲e urgently need interdisciplinary, intercultural and interfaith cooperation to address this grave threat to human life and dignity.鈥�
, director of Catholic peacebuilding studies in 91吃瓜鈥檚 , will moderate a session that envisions a world free from nuclear weapons.
鈥淭his high-profile conference seeks to build on the disarmament momentum generated by the nuclear ban treaty and to counter moves in the opposite direction by nuclear powers,鈥� said Powers. 鈥淚t听shows that the moral imperative of nuclear disarmament is at the center of the Church鈥檚 international agenda for peace.鈥� 听
Other 91吃瓜 faculty attending include , director of policy studies for the Kroc Institute; , professor of and director of the 91吃瓜 International Security Center (NDISC); , Hesburgh professor emeritus of peace studies; and , a joint faculty member in the and the .
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development invited several entities to cooperate with it on this conference, including听the University of 91吃瓜 Office of the President; the Kroc Institute, an integral part of the new ; and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, whose secretariat is at the Kroc Institute.
Contact: Amanda Skofstad, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4313, skofstad@nd.edu听