Pope Francis and the Vatican

Pope Francis and the Vatican

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Kurt Martens leads a conversation on Pope Francis's leadership of the Catholic Church one year after his papal inauguration, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

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Speakers

Kurt Martens

Associate Professor of Canon Law, Catholic University of America

Moderators

Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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