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Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown

To share Catholic Social Thought more broadly with public policy challenges; to reach the next generation of leaders; to become "salt, light and leaven."

Georgetown University is home to a new effort to advance understanding of Catholic Social Thought and its importance for public affairs. The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life promotes the education of a new generation of Catholic lay leaders and engage a broad dialogue about Catholic Social Thought across wide range of contemporary policy challenges. Through education and outre

ach activities, the Initiative will:

• Promote knowledge and dialogue about Catholic social teaching as it relates to critical economic, social, and political issues in the United States and the world.

• Prepare students, community leaders, and public officials for affirmative engagement in public life and advance a principled and consistent version of Catholic lay leadership in politics and society.

• Engage religious leaders and public officials inside and outside the Catholic tradition in efforts to promote civil dialogue and collaboration for the common good.

09/04/2026

Molly Kinder is a leading expert on AI and its impact on work. She is currently the founding CEO of the Breakwater Initiative, a new organization building the policy response to AI's disruption of work. Previously, she was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution studying AI's economic impacts. She will join the upcoming Public Dialogue “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World” on September 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP: bit.ly/AILeoCST

09/03/2026

This in-person and livestreamed Public Dialogue will bring together Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Vilas Dhar, Molly Kinder, Anna Rowlands, and Jasmine Sun to address what it means to safeguard human dignity in the age of AI. RSVP to join “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World” on September 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP: bit.ly/AILeoCST Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, The Atlantic

09/02/2026

Vilas Dhar has served on the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence and is the U.S. Government’s nominated expert to the Global Partnership on AI. He is also the president of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, one of the world’s foremost philanthropies advancing AI for public purposes. Dhar will join the September 9th Public Dialogue “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World.” RSVP: bit.ly/AILeoCST

09/01/2026

Pope Leo calls for people of all backgrounds to engage in collaborative discussion of the risks and promises of artificial intelligence. Join the Public Dialogue “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World” featuring Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Vilas Dhar, Molly Kinder, Anna Rowlands, and Jasmine Sun on September 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP: bit.ly/AILeoCST Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, The Atlantic, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown

08/31/2026

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia is the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the United States and was appointed to this post by Pope Leo XIV in March. He will join the upcoming Public Dialogue “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World” on September 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP: bit.ly/AILeoCST

08/30/2026

RSVP to “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World” on Wednesday, September 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT featuring Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Vilas Dhar, Molly Kinder, Anna Rowlands, and Jasmine Sun. RSVP at bit.ly/AILeoCST

08/29/2026

This Public Dialogue will bring Catholic leaders into conversation with leading voices in technology and AI policy to take up questions at the heart of Pope Leo’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Join the Public Dialogue featuring Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Vilas Dhar, Molly Kinder, Anna Rowlands, and Jasmine Sun on September 9th at 6:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP: bit.ly/AILeoCST

08/28/2026

AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World
🗓️ Wednesday, September 9, 2026
🕧 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. EDT
📍 Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online
🗣️ Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Vilas Dhar, Molly Kinder, Anna Rowlands, Jasmine Sun
🔗 bit.ly/AILeoCST

08/21/2026

Undergrads apply at bit.ly/Fall26UndergradFellow
Grads apply at bit.ly/Fall26GradFellow

08/15/2026

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(202) 687-1662

Website

http://catholicsocialthought.georgetown.edu/

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