On Thursday, a world-class lineup of speakers will appear at a vitally important conference in Rome. We’re proud that the Chairman of our Board, Professor Brian Scarnecchia of the Ave Maria School of Law, and PRI President Steven Mosher were both instrumental in making this outstanding program possible.
ROME – With American Catholic backing, a group of jurists and theologians are gathering in Rome this week to push back against a seemingly more permissive stance from the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life on traditional moral norms, including the church’s ban on artificial birth control.
From Dec. 8-10, the International Catholic Jurists Forum will host a conference in Rome on the topic, “A Response to the Pontifical Academy for Life’s Publication: Etica teologica della Vita: Scrittua, tradizione, sfide, pratiche.”
The conference is being co-sponsored by Ave Maria University, the Ave Maria School of Law, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center, all based in the United States.
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