Notre Dame symposium explores religion’s role in supporting democracy

Author: Joshua Lupo

In a indoor panel setting featuring name cards reading "Timothy Matovina," a dark-haired woman with glasses, red lipstick, and a sleeveless dark green top speaks into a microphone held near her mouth while gesturing with her hand, turning slightly toward an older man seated beside her in a light-colored button-up shirt in front of a backdrop depicting the Colosseum in Rome. Photo credit Alessandro Sgarito.

Scholars and practitioners from the University of Notre Dame and across the globe recently gathered in Rome to examine how religion can serve as a resource for democratic renewal amid authoritarian attempts to weaponize it. The convening aligns with larger work of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative. 

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