By Kate Quiñones
CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 / 10:08 am
Theologians from around the world will gather at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, this summer for the fifth annual Truth of Love Conference.
This year’s emphasis — the relationship of truth and love — takes inspiration from the past three pontificates.
To be held at Franciscan University from July 11–14, the conference “will tackle some of the most pressing theological issues of our times,” according to organizers.
Sponsored by the university and the Veritas Amoris Project, the conference will highlight various topics including creation, sexual difference, culture, synodality, and politics.
The intersection of charity, truth, and theology will be the central topic for the two keynote speakers: Deacon Frederick Bauerschmidt, professor of theology at Loyola University of Maryland, and Father José Noriega, co-founder of the Veritas Amoris Project.
Stephen Hildebrand, event speaker and vice president for academic affairs at the university, said the conference is an “ongoing witness to the chief doctrinal pastoral concerns of the last three pontificates.”
“Pope St. John Paul II highlighted the splendor of truth, without which our efforts to do good are futile,” Hildebrand told CNA.
