ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC)— Nazareth University hosted its Interfaith Centennial Summit on Sunday. The event featured three women scholars, including the first to lead Vatican City. Sister Raffaella Petrini, Ph.D, was named the new head of Vatican City by Pope Francis in March. According to the University, Petrini met Nazareth students two years ago when they visited the Vatican in Rome. During their visit, she promised she would come to the Rochester campus. Some students who were a part of that trip reunited with her at the event. The event is Petrini's only public lecture of the year. RCSD hosts annual engagement forum The Summit also featured Rabbi Sharon Cohen Ainsfield, president of Hebrew College in Massachusetts, and Najeeba Syeed, J.D., a human rights lawyer and executive director of Interfaith at Augsburg University. The scholars presented perspectives from their Jewish, Christian, and Muslim backgrounds on peacebuilding in times of crisis, extending compassion, and fostering leadership of care. The Interfaith Centennial Summit was held at Nazareth University's Shults Center Forum from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ...read more read less