Catholic POST Association Conference - The Renaissance of Catholic Social TeachingPontszerző: 2 pont
The Ludovika University of Public Service
and the
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
cordially invite you to the first conference of
the Association for the Renewal of Catholic Political and Social Thought
entiteld
The Renaissance of Catholic Social Teaching
Ludovika University of Public Service,
Hungary, 1083 Budapest, Ludovika Square
Side Building, John Lukács Lounge
9–10 March 2026
Program
First Day
9 March 2026, Monday
09:00-09:15 Registration
09:15-09:30 Opening
09:30-10:15 Keynote speaker I
Rev. Dr. Avelino CHICO SJ
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
10:15-11:55 Panel I: Foundations, Politics, and the Theoretical Development of Catholic Social Teaching
Dr. Péter Krisztián ZACHAR (Ludovika University of Public Service)
Learning from the Past: The Catholic Social People’s Movement and the Renewal of Christian Social Thought
Dr. Bracy BERSNAK (Christendom College)
Jacques Maritain on Democracy and the Nation State
Dr. Tamás NYIRKOS (Ludovika University of Public Service)
Christianity and democracy: some lessons from Libertas praestantissimum
Dr. Ferenc HÖRCHER (Ludovika University of Public Service)
The virtue of prudence in the Social Teaching of the Church: The example of Saint John Paul II
12:00-13:00 Break
13:00-14:40 Panel II: Political Philosophy and State Theory
Dr. Cornelis J. SCHILT (Lux Mundi)
Caritas in Veritate
Olga KOVÁCS-LATYSEVA (Axioma Center; Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
Juan Donoso Cortés’ Political Theology and His Hidden Contributions to the Catholic Social Teaching
András JANCSÓ (Ludovika University of Public Service; Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
The Pre-Political Foundations of the State in the Social Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI
Dr. Ádám DARABOS (Ludovika University of Public Service; Axioma Center)
Protestant Christian Realism for Catholic Social Thought
14:40-15:00 Break
15:00-16:20 Panel III: Contemporary Political Debates and CST
Dr. Michał GIERYCZ (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University)
“New paradigm of Catholicism” and its possible impact on CST
Dr. Nicolas McAFEE (Christendom College)
Confusion of Political Form in Contemporary Catholic Political Thought
Alberto GARZONI (University of Oxford)
Loyal to Whom? Hungarian Catholics and Conflicting Allegiances.
Dr. Javier CREVILLÉN (Villanueva University) – Dr. Juan Pablo SERRA (CUNEF University)
Can Christian Charity Have Borders? A Tradition-Informed Perspective on Migration
16:40-17:40 Keynote speaker II
Dr. Rocco BUTTIGLIONE
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
18:00-19:00 Association Meeting
Second Day
10 March 2026, Tuesday
09:00-10:40 Panel IV: Community Life and the Common Good
Dr. William HANNEGAN (Christendom College)
Community vs. Atomization: Why the Collapse in Catholic Practice?
Dr. Christian MACHEK (Europa Aeterna – Akademie für politische Philosophie)
Renewal of Catholic Social Teaching
Dr. Kálmán TÓTH (Ludovika University of Public Service)
Should the Moral Foundations of the Catholic Church be Altered to Comply With Changing Social Norms?
Alonso Ignacio Salinas GARCÍA (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
The Need for a Catholic Orientation of Political and Social Thought for Re-enchantment. Thomistic Political Prudence, the Common Good, and Witness to Faith in the Construction of Social Justice
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:40 Panel V: Morality, Art and The Global Church
Rev. Dr. Lóránd UJHÁZI (Ludovika University of Public Service; Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
How did theology reorient the geopolitical position of the Church and the Holy See? From Real politics to moral theology
Dr. Alex TAYLOR (Christendom College)
The Place of Art in Catholic Social Teaching: Why Recent Papal Addresses to Artists Should Inform Catholic Political Philosophy
Dr. Rhianwen DANIEL (City Lit)
Rurality and National Identity: The Influence of Catholic Social Teaching on the Development of Polish and Welsh Nationalisms
Rev. Dr. Piotr MAZURKIEWICZ (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University)
Natural law according to Benedict XVI
12:40-13:40 Break
13:40-14:40 Keynote speaker III
Dr. Ryszard LEGUTKO
Jagiellonian Univeristy
14:40-15:00 Break
15:00-16:20 Panel VI: Contemporary Political Debates and CST
Dr. Maurizio SERIO (Guglielmo Marconi University)
The Political Relevance of the Catholic Social Doctrine in the Third Millennium
Dr. Antonio CAMPATI (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
Loyal to Whom? Hungarian Catholics and Conflicting Allegiances.
Dr. Károly MIKE (Eötvös Loránd University)
Golgotha and Anti-Golgotha
Dr. Máté BOTOS (Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
Vocation or Construction? How Catholic social teaching on labor can interpret Andrea Komlosy’s work theory
16:40-17:20 Concluding session
ABSTRACTS
Ludovika University of Public Service
Pázmány Péter Catholic University