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First Partner Siebel Newsom co-hosts summit elevating social connection as an urgent public health priority at the Vatican - California State Portal | CA.gov

·Oct 8, 2026
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What you need to know: First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, in patronage of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, convened global scientists, academicians, doctors, faith leaders, state officials, and advocates for a two-day summit exploring opportunities to advance social connection and belonging in a time of uncertainty and division.

VATICAN CITY – First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, in patronage of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS), co-hosted a two-day international summit at the historic Casina Pio IV at the Vatican last week. The summit brought together cross-sector leaders to confront the growing global crisis of social disconnection, advance a shared agenda to treat social health with the same urgency as physical and mental health, and share all of the programs that California and other communities across the world have modeled to answer this call.

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