2017
2017
Environmental Justice
Workshop | 14-15 December 2017
Does Justice Exist, at Least in Potency, in our Contemporary Global World? + Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo ‘Remota itaque iustitia quid sunt regna nisi magna latrocinia?’ (St. ... Read all
Unity in Diversity
Workshop | 7 November, Florence - 8 November, Vatican City 2017
“If the Unity of Nations Is Not Yet Possible, We Believe the Unity of Cities Is” Giorgio La Pira, Mediterranean Dialogues, 1967 Florence is getting ready to host the third edition ... Read all
Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking: Best Practices in Legal Aid, Compensation and Resettlement
Workshop | 4-6 November 2017
This meeting is jointly organized by two professional associations, both of which are deeply concerned about the well-being of trafficked people. For victims to flourish as persons ... Read all
Changing Relations Among Market, State, and Civil Society
Workshop | 19-21 October 2017
Globalization and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are posing serious challenges to the values of social justice, global common good and human dignity, as denounced by Pope Francis ... Read all
Corporate Responsibility
Workshop | 21-22 August 2017
Ethics in Action Overview The Ethics in Action initiative starts from the premise that the grave and urgent challenges of sustainable and integral human development are profoundly ... Read all
Sharing models and best practices to end modern slavery and restore dignity to its victims
Workshop | 13-14 June 2017
Following a wish of Pope Francis to study and eradicate modern slavery in terms of human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution and organ trafficking, which he considers ... Read all
Mass Migration and the Refugee Crisis
Workshop | 6 June 2017
The topic of this meeting will be the moral response to mass migration and the refugee crisis. The Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences have already studied this ... Read all
Towards a Participatory Society: New Roads to Social and Cultural Integration
Plenary Session | 28 April - 2 May 2017
Since the beginning of his Pontificate, Pope Francis has asked our Academy to give more attention to the poor, the marginalized, the sick, the suffering, and to make a renewed ... Read all
Biological Extinction
Workshop | 27 February - 1 March 2017
On our 4.54 billion year old planet, life is perhaps as much as 3.7 billion years old, photosynthesis and multi-cellularity dozens of times independently around 3.0 billion years ... Read all