Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, addresses conference | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, addresses conference Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, addresses conference Published: April 05, 2016 Author: Michael O. Garvey Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president (right), with panelists Most Rev. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (left) and Scott Appleby, dean of the Keough School, before the inaugural conference “For the Planet and the Poor” Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, spoke on the keynote panel of the For the Planet and the Poor conference Monday evening (April 4) in the Jordan Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. The conference, organized by Notre Dame’s new Keough School of Global Affairs, has brought together thinkers from the worlds of development policy and practice, government, the Church and other religious bodies to discuss and reflect on the implications of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, which were approved by world leaders last September. Bishop Sorondo said that the encyclical represented “a new approach, a new appreciation of the doctrine of the Church, regarding creation. All things are created by God and also oriented toward God, going to God.” Bishop Sorondo particularly cited the discussion in Laudato Si’ of the climate as a common good “belonging to all and meant for all,” and of climate change as a consequence of human activity and a threat to the poorest and most vulnerable humans. He said that “the motivation” of the encyclical is the Beatitudes, which will be “the protocol of the last judgment.” A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bishop Sorondo was ordained a priest in the Buenos Aires archdiocese in 1968 and a bishop in Rome in 2001. From 1976 to 1998 he taught the history of philosophy at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome before being appointed chancellor by Pope Saint John Paul II. “We can say that we now have a ‘magic moment,’” Bishop Sorondo said. “Because for the first time and perhaps the last time, the speech of the Church and the speech of the world as represented by the United Nations have some synergy, and for people who believe, for people like me, this comes from the Holy Spirit.” Joining Bishop Sorondo on the keynote panel were R. Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs; A. Atiq Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies; Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University; and Sara Sievers, associate dean for policy and practice of the Keough School of Global Affairs. Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion International Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 09, 2020 Notre Dame signs agreement with Yad Vashem promoting Holocaust education and research August 22, 2016 Notre Dame to dedicate new center in Connemara, Ireland August 08, 2016 Paolo Carozza, director of Kellogg Institute, appointed to Vatican academy by Pope Francis July 28, 2016 Three questions with Latino theologian Peter J. Casarella June 20, 2016 Notre Dame to steward Newman University Church in Dublin For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn