JP 2 Lectures // Prof. Renato Cristin: Formal Europe and vital Europe

On Thursday 20th May, the next in our series of lectures took place at the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture at Angelicum in Rome. The title of the lecture was Formal and Vital Europe. Tradition as the Ground of the Identity and was given by Prof. Renato Cristin, Italian philosopher and lecturer at...

JP2 Lectures // Prof. Dariusz Gawin: The Phenomenon of Solidarity

On Thursday 10th June the next in our series of lectures was held at the St John Paul II Institute of Culture at the Angelicum in Rome.  The lecture was titled The Phenomenon of Solidarity and was given by Prof Dariusz Gawin, a historian of ideas and concepts, a journalist and commentator of leading Polish publications,...

JP2 Lectures // Lord John Alderdice: Religion as Source of Peace or Unrest in Society?

In the evening of Friday, October 22nd, the exhibition From Cracow to Rome. John Paul II in the Photographs of Adam Bujak was opened at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. The event was part of the inauguration of the unique, interdisciplinary JP2 Studies program at the Angelicum, and of the second annual series...

JP2 Lectures // Jean-Luc Marion: The Phenomenological Openness of Revelation

On Thursday, 18th November, another lecture at John Paul II Institute of Culture was held at the Angelicum in Rome. The address titled “Phenomenological Openness of Revelation” was given by Jean-Luc Marion – philosopher, professor at the Sorbonne and the University of Chicago, and Ratzinger prize laureate (dubbed “Nobel prize in theology”). The topic was...

JP2 Lectures // Andrea Riccardi: Exception or Illusion?

On Friday, January 21st, another lecture of the Institute of Culture of St. John Paul II at the Angelicum in Rome was held, the fourth in this academic year. The lecture was entitled "John Paul II: exception or illusion?" and was delivered by Prof. Andrea Riccardi, Professor of Modern History at the University of La...

Karol Wojtyła’s “Job”. Re-enacting Rhapsodic Theatre

On May 18, a performance of Karol Wojtyła's "Job" was given by students of the "JP2 Studies" program, directed by Jaroslaw Kilian. The event took place at the Church of St. Dominic and Sykstus at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, on the day of the second anniversary of the establishment of...

JP2 Lectures // Stanisław Grygiel: A Person Is Reborn. A Person Is Not Reformed

On June 9, at the Angelicum in Rome, a lecture by Professor Stanislaw Grygiel entitled: A person is reborn, a person is not reformed was held. Dariusz Karlowicz, president of the St. Nicholas Foundation and program director of the Cultural Institute of St. John Paul II in Rome at the Angelicum, introduced the audience gathered...

JP2 Lectures // Joseph Weiler: A Non-Christian Europe – Is It Possible?

On Wednesday, October 19, the first JP2 Lecture in 2022/23 titled: “Non-Christian Europe – is it possible?” was given by prof. Joseph Weiler. Dariusz Karłowicz, president of the St. Nicholas Foundation and program director of the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture at the Angelicum in Rome introduced the audience to the issues of...

JP2 Lectures // Mirosława Grabowska: Secularization in Europe: Theory and Reality

On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, another JP2 Lecture organized by the Angelicum’s St. John Paul II Institute of Culture was given by Professor Mirosława Grabowska (University of Warsaw/Public Opinion Research Center). The lecture was titled “Secularization in Europe: Theory and Reality”. Dariusz Karlowicz, president of the St. Nicholas Foundation and program director of the St....

Public Lecture // George Weigel: To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II

On Wednesday, December 7 at the Angelicum in Rome, a special open lecture entitled: "To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II" was delivered by Professor George Weigel. The audience gathered in the hall and in front of computer screens was introduced to the subject by Fr. Cezary Binkiewicz OP, Director of the...

JP2 Lectures // Antoine Arjakovsky: Religion and Politics, from Totalitarianism to Democracy – the Case of Ukraine

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, the fifth JP2 Lecture in the 2022-23 academic year was given by Antoine Arjakovsky (Research Director at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris, president of the Association of Christian Philosophers). The lecture entitled “Religion and Politics, from Totalitarianism to Democracy - the Case of Ukraine” began at 4:30 p.m. in...

JP2 Lectures // Dariusz Karłowicz: Reset or Revolution? Contemporary Problems of Political Stability and Some Ancient Solutions

On March 1, another JP2 Lecture in the 2022/23 academic year was held at the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture. The lecture, entitled "Reset or Revolution? Contemporary Problems of Political Stability and Some Ancient Solutions" was delivered by Dr. Dariusz Karlowicz, Program Director of the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture and...

Rome Exhibition “Images of Merciful Jesus According to the Vision of Saint Faustina”

An exhibition of contemporary paintings of the Divine Mercy Image was braught to Rome! The opening of the exhibition took place on 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟗 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝟔.𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌 in 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐢 𝐝𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨 (Piazza di San Salvatore in Lauro, 15, 00186 Rome). The paintings were created as part of the “Let’s Paint Catholicism...

JP2 Lectures // Rev. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier: “Hominum causa: ‘All Law is Established for Men’s Sake’ and the Dispute on the Essence of Man”

Angelicum, Aula 11

On Thursday, May 18, 2023, we invite you to the JP2 Lecture, which will be given by Rev. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier, Professor of Law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The lecture entitled “Hominum causa: ‘All Law is Established for Men’s Sake’ and the Dispute on the Essence of Man” will begin at 4:30...

“Our God’s Brother” by Karol Wojtyła – theatrical performance

Angelicum, Church of Saints Dominic and Sixtus Largo Angelicum, 1, Roma, Italy

On 18 May, the 103rd anniversary of the birth of John Paul II, we cordially invite you to the premiere of Karol Wojtyła’s “Our God’s Brother”, directed by Jarosław Killian and performed by Angelicum students. “Our God’s Brother” is a play written by Karol Wojtyła in the years 1944-1950. The story depicts the life of the Polish insurgent,...

JP2 Lecture // Jean-Luc Marion: “Going around metaphysics”

Angelicum, Aula 11

How could we have access to the sacramentality of the mere things, to the sacramentality of the world ? The answer appears as the first and final condition to any attempt to achieve a sacramental poetics and, even higher, a sacramental liturgy, approaching God with respect to the divine and divinity, whatever we could concieve under...