Event Formats: On-Campus<br>Type of Event: Academic,Lecture,Panel Discussion,Presentation,Religious<br>Target Audience: All Students,Employee,Faculty<br>Location: Hawk Hill<br>Buildings: Campion Student Center<br>Room/Location: Doyle North Banquet Hall<br>Affiliate School: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS),General Event<br>Academic Departments: Theology and Religious Studies<br>Contact Name: Philip Anthony Cunningham<br>Contact Email: pcunning@sju.edu<br>Contact Phone: 610-660-1863<br>Sponsor: Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations<br>Link: https://www.sju.edu/college-arts-and-sciences/ijcr/events#pope-francis-successes-and-challenges-in-interfaith-dialogue-<br><br>Throughout his pontificate (2013-2025), Pope Francis prioritized dialogue as urgent for intergroup solidarity, even after centuries of alienation or during ongoing war. This program, featuring two veterans of interfaith dialogue, Rabbi Noam Marans and Prof. Elena Procario-Foley, will consider the late pope's important theological statements, tensions raised by his preaching, and challenges he faced in addressing conflicts in the Middle East. It will also recall his visit to SJU ten years ago to bless the sculpture “Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time.

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