The Jury responsible for assessing nominations for the Bellarmino Prize within the Faculties and Institutes of the three missions of the Pontifical Gregorian University has decided to award the 2026 Bellarmino Prize to Rev. Fr. Petr Soukal, a priest of the Diocese of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic), for the dissertation La caduta originaria della creatura umana e le sue conseguenze nella teologia di Ioannis Zizioulas, moderated by Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Bonfrate.

• The Prize will be awarded during the Dies Academicus, on May 19, 2027.
   

The Bellarmine Prize was established to stimulate scientific research and promote the two best dissertations defended at the Pontifical Gregorian University (one from the Faculty of Theology of the Collegium Maximum, and one from the other Faculties and Institutes of the Gregorian Missions). Nominations for the Prize must be submitted by January 15th of each year.

• For more information, see the Bellarmine Prize Regulations (Italian).