First Day

9 March 2026, Monday

09:00-09:15 Registration

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09:15-09:30 Opening

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09:30-10:15 Keynote speaker I

Rev. Dr. Avelino CHICO SJ

Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

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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

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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

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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

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Second Day

10 March 2026, Tuesday

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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

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11:00-12:40 Panel V: Morality, Art and The Global Church

 

Rev. Dr. Loránd 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

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13:40-14:40 Keynote speaker III

Dr. Ryszard LEGUTKO

Jagiellonian Univeristy

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14:40-15:00 Break

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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)

Illiberal Democracy and Catholic Social Doctrine: A Problematic Relationship?

 

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