Portman Lecture: Greening of Catholicism

Portman Lecture: Greening of Catholicism

Inside USD -- The theme of the 12th annual John R. Portman Lecture is “The Greening of Catholicism, Eco-Justice for the Sake of the Common Good” and the message is a timely one, according to this year’s speaker, Anne Clifford, CSJ, PhD.

Clifford, the Monsignor James Supple Chair of Catholic Studies at Iowa State University, noted that this lecture, to be held on Thursday, Sept. 20, marks the three-month anniversary of the opening of Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. (Full Story)