The Paul Wattson Lecture, Rome: Where Now for Visible Unity?
Thursday, December 18 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm EST
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The Paul Wattson Lecture, Rome: Where Now for Visible Unity?
December 18, 2025, 6:30 pm
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement & Centro Pro Unione
The 7th Paul Wattson Lecture at Centro Pro Unione in Rome, Italy
Dr. Andrej Jeftic
Director, World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission
The Paul Wattson Lectures honor the memory of Servant of God Father Paul of Graymoor (1863–1940), founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and pioneer for the cause of Christian unity. These annual lectures, hosted at distinguished universities in the US and internationally, feature national and international leaders in the fields of ecumenism to speak on urgent contemporary questions.
About the Speakers
Dr. Andrej Jeftic.
Andrej Jeftić (1984) received his master’s degree in theology from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade in 2009. He received his Ph.D. degree from the same university in 2016 with the doctoral dissertation titled Reception of the Holy Fathers in the Writings of Thomas F. Torrance: Patristic Theology and Contemporary Science.
He worked as a teaching assistant (2010–2016) and as an assistant professor (2016–2022) at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade. He currently works (2022–) as a research assistant at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade.
His research area includes patristic theology and philosophy, theology and science relationship, theology and theory of evolution, systematic theology, contemporary theology, and contemporary Orthodox theology.
- (2016) Ph.D. in Theology, Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade
- (2006) MA in Theology, Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade
About the Organizers
The 2025 Paul Wattson Lecture in Rome, Italy, is organized by Centro Pro Unione, that is a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.