The Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin and the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Massimo Faggioli as Professor in Historical and Contemporary Ecclesiology. Professor Faggioli, an Italian currently at Villanova University in the US, is an internationally-established scholar in the area of Vatican II and the papacy especially, and a renowned public commentator on church affairs. He will enhance the work of the School and the mission of the Loyola Institute, as a voice of theology in the Catholic tradition, at the vibrant intersection of the church, the academy, and the wider society.