Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Portugal

Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Portugal

The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso, titular of Elo, until now apostolic nuncio in Ecuador, as apostolic nuncio in Portugal.

Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

The Holy Father has appointed the distinguished Professor Adrian Pabst, professor of politics at the University of Kent, Great Britain, as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

Curriculum vitae

Professor Pabst was born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on 2 November 1976. He graduated in economics at the University of Cambridge in 1998, in European studies at the London School of Economics in 1999, in political thought at Sciences Po Paris in 2000, and in philosophy and theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 2002. He was awarded a doctorate in political philosophy and philosophy of religion at the University of Cambridge in 2006. He taught political theory and political economy at the University of Kent, and is the author of numerous books and academic articles, as well as the editor of various collections. Since 2014, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation and, since 2016, its secretary.