Mestrado Honoris Causa concedido à Ir. Alessandra Smerilli
Concedido o título de Mestre em Relações Públicas Internacionais pela Luiss School of Government
Mestrado Honoris Causa conferido à Ir. Alessandra Smerilli FMA, Secretário do Dicastério para o Serviço do Desenvolvimento Humano Integral (DSDHI). Por ocasião das comemorações do 15º aniversário da Luiss School of Government, em 25 de junho de 2026, a Irmã Smerilli recebeu o título de Mestre em Relações Públicas Internacionais. O evento teve início com a exibição de um vídeo comemorativo e as saudações institucionais do Reitor do Instituto, Dr. Paolo Boccardelli, seguidas por várias autoridades acadêmicas.
A saudação do Prof. Sergio Fabbrini, professor emérito de Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais e ex-reitor da Luiss School of Government, abriu a primeira sessão, apresentando a Irmã Alessandra Smerilli, que proferiu uma palestra magistral sobre o tema “Criar o possível”.
Ao compartilhar com os presentes sua experiência pessoal em uma missão na Índia, a Irmã Alessandra refletiu sobre a possibilidade de “criar o possível” mesmo onde as condições o tornam difícil. “O possível nasce sempre de uma tensão interior que nenhuma condição material consegue extinguir por completo”, disse a Irmã Alessandra.
Isso aplica-se também no âmbito político ou econômico: “Governar significa orientar uma sociedade rumo a um futuro desejável: identificar espaços de desenvolvimento humano que ainda não existem e criar as condições para que possam surgir, além de remover os obstáculos ao desenvolvimento que freiam seu crescimento e inovação”.
A Irmã Smerilli lembrou que, nesse processo de criação, todos devem estar envolvidos, inclusive aqueles que vivem à margem. Ela ressaltou que o possível não deve ser criado apenas por quem detém o poder de decisão e, como repetia o Papa Francisco, os excluídos não devem ser simplesmente os destinatários das políticas públicas, mas protagonistas da construção do futuro.”
A Irmã Smerilli concluiu destacando um aspecto pessoal que expressa um “possível” que teve de ser criado: “ainda hoje há quem tenha dificuldade em associar as palavras ‘freira’ e ‘economista’. No entanto, a vida está repleta de encontros entre mundos que pareciam inconciliáveis. Cada um de nós carrega dentro de si possibilidades que nenhuma categoria consegue esgotar”.
A segunda Lectio Magistralis programada para a noite foi ministrada pelo Prof. Giuliano Da Empoli, precedida pela laudatio do Prof. Giovanni Orsina.
A cerimônia foi encerrada com a entrega dos prêmios, da qual também participaram o subsecretário do DSDHI, Monsenhor Jozef Barlaš, o chefe de gabinete, Pe. Avelino Chico, e alguns oficiais.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
Rome, Italy 25 June 2026 Sister Alessandra Smerilli received an honorary distinction at Luiss University during the conference "15 Years of the Luiss School of Government: Creating the Possible," held on 25 June 2026 at the Mario Arcelli Auditorium on the Luiss campus in Rome. The event celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Luiss School of Government, bringing together members of its academic community, institutional leaders, policymakers, alumni, and distinguished guests to reflect on the School's contribution to public policy, leadership, and institutional innovation over the past fifteen years. During the ceremony, Sister Alessandra Smerilli was presented with an honorary recognition in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment to promoting an economy centered on human dignity, social justice, sustainability, and the common good.
