Pope Francis’ Vision of the Church

Public Lecture

Date: Thursday 3 August 2017

Time: 7.30pm to 9pm

Venue: ACU Adelaide Campus
Catholic Education Conference Rooms 7 & 8
116 George Street, Thebarton.
Free parking onsite.

Cost: $10 (payable at the door)

Registration: By Friday 28 July 2017.

Lecture Overview

Pope Francis’s ponti cate has rede ned the coordinates of modern Catholicism especially on the idea of the Church: “a eld hospital”, inclusive, merciful. The lecture will analyse the spiritual and theological roots and the potentiality of Francis’s ecclesiology.

This lecture is presented by the ACU Adelaide Campus and ATF Press.

Professor Massimo Faggioli

Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova
University, Philadelphia, and leading authority on
the history and administrative inner workings of the
Catholic Church. Full biography on the website.