The Culture of Encounter Project

The Culture of Encounter Project has been featured at two major conferences at Rome, in November 2021 and May 2022, at which Church leaders explored key dimensions of the topic.

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Archbishop Gallagher on Encounter and Global Governance

Paul Elie on Closer Encounters

Pope Francis Welcomes Georgetown Conference in Rome on the Culture of Encounter

Rev. Arturo Sosa, S.J., on Encounter as a Dimension of Cultures and a Path to Peace

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot Culture of Encounter 2021 Keynote

Leo J. O’Donovan on Building the Culture of Encounter

Our great challenge is to create a culture of encounter, which encourages individuals and groups to share the richness of their traditions and experiences, to break down walls and to build bridges.
– Pope Francis, Message to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 15, 2016