Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Archives

U.S. climate envoy speaks at Vatican conference, will meet pope

May 14, 2021

John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences at the Vatican May 14.

By Cindy Wooden

Church’s social agenda can help forge more equitable society, nun says

Sep 14, 2020

Sister Helen Alford, the newest appointee to the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, has said she believes the Catholic Church has a key role to play in fostering a more equitable economy based more on cooperation than competition.

By Elise Ann Allen

Catholic social teaching has values the world needs, Dominican says

Sep 13, 2020

Individual rights and freedom obviously are essential for human flourishing, but human happiness depends a lot on relationships — kinship and friendship, but also the broader common good, said Dominican Sister Helen Alford.

By Cindy Wooden

Pope names Draghi, ex-head of European Central Bank to panel

Jul 11, 2020

Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been appointed by Pope Francis to a Vatican advisory panel, the Holy See said on Friday.

By Associated Press

Assisi summit to focus on pope’s challenge to ‘pathological’ economy

Jun 27, 2020

The Assisi event, titled “The Economy of Francis,” scheduled for Nov. 19-21 is designed to bring together some 4,000 young advanced economics students, managers of social enterprises, Nobel Prize winners and officials from international organizations.

By Inés San Martín

‘Educational compact’ between families, world is broken, pope says

Feb 7, 2020

Shirking responsibilities in educating future generations has led to a collapse in cooperation among families, schools and social, cultural and religious institutions, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Vatican’s “Ironic Employment Division” strikes again

Aug 31, 2019

Perhaps Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò’s first PR project at the Pontifical Academies for Science and for Social Sciences could be to explain what in the world he’s doing there in the first place.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope taps ex-communications czar who quit amid scandal for new PR role

Aug 31, 2019

In what appears to be a new position, Monsignor Dario Viganò, the disgraced former head of Vatican communications, on Saturday was named “vice chancellor” of the Pontifical Academies for Sciences and Social Sciences, holding specific responsibility over communications.

By Elise Harris