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Friday, August 28 • 10:00am - 11:30am
Pope Francis: Myths and Realities

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Since the night of his election in March 2013, Pope Francis has been the source of intense speculation and even confusion in some quarters. Four papal observers — two university professors and two journalist-authors of books on Pope Francis — will help to sort out the facts from the myths to provide a balanced understanding of Pope Francis and his papacy.
Moderators
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Greg Erlandson

President & Publisher, Our Sunday Visitor
Erlandson is the president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, a not-for-profit Catholic company that publishes OSV Newsweekly and other periodicals, trade books, parish resources and religious education curricula. Prior to that, Erlandson served first as the... Read More →

Speakers
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Alejandro Bermúdez

Executive Director, Catholic News Agency
Born in Lima, Bermúdez spent his childhood in Argentina. He is currently the Executive Director of the Catholic News Agency, based in Denver; of ACI Prensa (Spanish) and ACI Digital (Portuguese;) commentator for the New York Times during Pope Benedict’s visit to the US, and host... Read More →
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Austen Ivereigh

Coordinator, Catholic Voices
Ivereigh is a British writer, journalist and commentator on religious and political affairs who regularly appears on TV and radio. Most recently, he is the author of a highly praised biography of Pope Francis, “The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope” (2014... Read More →
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Maryann Cusimano Love

Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America
Cusimano Love is a tenured Associate Professor of International Relations at The Catholic University of America. She serves on: the U.S. Catholic Bishops' International Justice and Peace Committee, the Advisory Board of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, and the Core Group for the... Read More →
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Rev. John Paul Wauck

Professor, Pontifical University of Santa Croce
The Rev. John Wauck is a Chicago native, studied history and literature at Harvard University and holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce. Prior to ordination, he wrote speeches for the attorney general of the United States and the governor... Read More →

Friday August 28, 2015 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Commonwealth Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 2nd floor
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