Pope Leo XIV Returns to La Sapienza, Reviving Benedict XVI’s Faith–Reason Dialogue

Pope Leo XIV visits Rome’s La Sapienza University to deliver a major address on faith and reason, symbolically mending Benedict XVI’s canceled 2008 trip amid the Galileo controversy and ongoing science–religion dialogue. The trip recalls past misreadings of Benedict’s remarks and highlights a history of contentious debate giving way to constructive discourse, including exchanges with mathematician Piergiorgio Odifreddi. The visit also sets the stage for Leo XIV’s anticipated encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, underscoring a unified vision of “magnificent humanity” where science and ethics inform each other."