Speakers & Panelists

Join us for global conversation with prominent Christian leaders, policy makers, religious freedom advocates, scholars, and human rights activists.


In addition to our project's scholars, our conference will also include the following speakers and panelists:

Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

Opinion Writer, New York Times, Al-Monitor, and Hürriyet Daily News

Bishop Angaelos

Bishop Angaelos

General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom

Carl A. Anderson

Carl A. Anderson

Thirteenth and Current Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus

Tehmina Arora

Tehmina Arora

Senior Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom

Helen Berhane

Helen Berhane

Eritrean Gospel singer

Paul Bhatti

Paul Bhatti

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Minority Affairs

Heiner Bielefeldt

Heiner Bielefeldt

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Cardinal Charles Bo

Cardinal Charles Bo

Myanmar’s first Roman Catholic cardinal

Archbishop Paul Gallagher

Archbishop Paul Gallagher

Vatican Secretary for Relations with States

Mary Ann Glendon

Mary Ann Glendon

Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University and Past President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Bishop Borys Gudziak

Bishop Borys Gudziak

Eparch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Paris

Monsignor Tomáš Halík

Monsignor Tomáš Halík

Czech Roman Catholic priest and laureate of the 2014 Templeton Prize

Allen Hertzke

Allen Hertzke

David Ross Boyd Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma

Kent Hill

Kent Hill

Senior Vice President, International Programs Group, World Vision

F. Russell Hittinger

F. Russell Hittinger

Research Professor of Law and Warren Chair of Catholic Studies, University of Tulsa

Fr. Bernard Kinvi, O.S.Cam.

Fr. Bernard Kinvi, O.S.Cam.

Camillian Catholic Priest and Director of the John Paul II Hospital of Bossemptele, Central African Republic

Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi

Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi

Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Jos in the Church of Nigeria

Gloria Kwashi

Gloria Kwashi

Anglican Church of Nigeria

James Ponniah

James Ponniah

Assistant Professor of Christian Studies, University of Madras

Fr. Angelo Romano

Fr. Angelo Romano

Rector of the Basilica of San Bartolomeo and Professor of Contemporary History at the Pontifical Urban University

Andrea Riccardi

Andrea Riccardi

Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio; Contemporary History Professor; President Dante Alighieri Society

Christian Sahner

Christian Sahner

Research Fellow at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge

Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako

Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon

Sr. Joanna Salib

Sr. Joanna Salib

Daughters of St. Mary Convent in Beni Suef, Egypt

Ambassador David Saperstein

Ambassador David Saperstein

US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

Ken Starr

Ken Starr

President and Chancellor of Baylor University

Pascal Warda

Pascal Warda

President of Hammurabi Human Rights Organization in Iraq

George Weigel

George Weigel

Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center

Patriarch Ignatius Youssef III Younan

Patriarch Ignatius Youssef III Younan

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Syriac Catholic Church