The conference, Nation, State, Nation-State, opened om Wednesday at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, a Vatican think tank.
German Cardinal Walter Kasper, an ally of Pope Francis, said in a keynote speech that 20th century nationalism produced two World Wars.
He said that international institutions created in their aftermath to promote peace had distanced ordinary citizens from decision-making power.
He warned that the resulting insecurities and fears fueled populist and neo-nationalistic ideologies “closed inside walls of isolation”.
Francis has denounced such isolationist trends, focusing in particular on the global responsibility for the environment and the plight of migrants.
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