Lanigan Lecture: Pope Francis and Catholic Bioethics

The fall 2024 Lanigan Lecture will be “Pope Francis and Catholic Bioethics,” a talk given by Andrea Vicini, S.J., professor and chair of theology at Boston College. It will take place on Friday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 on room 100 of the science addition. Father Vicini is the Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Theological Ethics in the Theology Department at Boston College. A medical doctor and pediatrician, he is an alumnus of Boston College and holds an sacred theology doctorate from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Southern Italy in Naples. Co-chair of the international network Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church his research interests and publications include theological bioethics, global health, biotechnologies, and environmental issues. Together with the Artificial Intelligence Research Group for the Centre for Digital Culture of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See, he is co-author of the volume Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations (2024). Other recent publications include three co-edited volumes—Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contributions to Christian Ethics (2020), Ethics of Global Public Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor (2021), and The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice (2022). The Lanigan Lecture Series is funded by a gracious endowment from Julia and Thomas Lanigan for the advancement of medicine and the arts. This talk is also part of the Natural Science Seminar.