The Nanovic Institute for European Studies was honored to welcome His Excellency, the Most Reverend Claudio Gugerotti, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and the Titular Archbishop of Rebellum, to present the Keeley Vatican Lecture on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. In a deeply moving and personal lecture titled “My Contacts with Saint John Paul II at the Fall of the Soviet Union,” Archbishop Gugerotti shared some of the contacts he had with the Holy Father in the context of the final years of the Soviet Union. These recollections, he explained, were unknown to the public before the lecture and reflected “the sensitivity of that pontiff, son of the Polish people and an internal witness to the Communist history.” For more information about the Keeley Vatican Lecture Series, visit nanovic.nd.edu/vatican.
