October 19, 2017

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney to Speak at Catholic University’s Institute for Human Ecology

While there are many emerging questions in America’s current political landscape, one consistently rises to the top: Who is better positioned to make decisions about how particular communities thrive — the federal government or the communities themselves?

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney of Florida will address how subsidiarity can serve as a guiding principle for communities at “Subsidiarity in Politics, Culture, and Economy,” a symposium hosted by the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America on Monday, Oct. 23, at 1:30 p.m.in O’Connell Hall, Heritage Hall.

Joseph Capizzi, executive director of the institute, remarked, “A longstanding principle of Catholic social teaching is the idea that society should be organized around different levels of communities in order for people to thrive.”

Rooney, who served as the Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 to 2008, will be joined by the following panelists:

  • Joseph Capizzi, executive director, Institute for Human Ecology, and professor, moral theology and ethics, The Catholic University of America.
  • David Cloutier, associate professor of moral theology and ethics, The Catholic University of America, and author of The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age.
  • Bradley Lewis, associate professor of philosophy, The Catholic University of America, writer and commentator on politics and the common good.
  • Andreas Widmer, director, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship, The Catholic University of America.
This event is free and open to the public. Attendees should contact the institute at ihe@cua.edu or 202-319-5892.

MEDIA: Members of the media are invited to attend the lecture, or watch it via livestream. To schedule an interview or attend the event, contact the Office of Marketing and Communications at communications@cua.edu or 202-319-5600.

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