Andrew Likoudis

Catholic Scholar • Editor • Consultant

Andrew Likoudis

Advancing theological scholarship and Christian unity

Founder, Likoudis Legacy FoundationM.A. Catholic Studies, FranciscanEditor, Faith in CrisisMcKinsey & Co. Forward AlumGoldman Sachs 10KSB FellowJohns Hopkins University Fellow

Andrew Likoudis

Andrew Likoudis is a Catholic scholar working at the intersection of tradition and reform in the contemporary Church. He is an M.A. candidate in Catholic Studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

As founder of the Likoudis Legacy Foundation—a research institute built to continue his grandfather, James Likoudis' ecumenical work—he edits The Kydones Review and coordinates scholarship bridging Catholic and Orthodox theology. His latest project, Faith in Crisis, brought together 30+ contributors including Cardinal Robert Sarah, offering a serious response to the traditionalist movement in the Church.

He writes for the National Catholic Register, Where Peter Is, and his Substack, Tradition and Renewal. He also consults for Catholic organizations on strategy, communications, and institutional development.

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Faith in Crisis

Critical Dialogues in Catholic Traditionalism, Church Authority, and Reform

Featuring Cardinal Robert Sarah, Mike Aquilina, Jimmy Akin, and 30+ contributors, with a foreword by Rocco Buttiglione and an imprimatur from Archbishop William E. Lori.

40 Chapters30+ ContributorsImprimatur
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Work has also been featured at: Evangelization & Culture (Word on Fire) • Catholic Culture • Catholic Exchange

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Society for Catholic LiturgyFellowship of Catholic ScholarsInternational Marian AssociationSociety of Catholic Social ScientistsYoung Catholic ProfessionalsMariological Society of America

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Andrew Likoudis

Andrew Likoudis

Andrew Likoudis is a Catholic scholar, editor, and consultant whose work spans ecclesiology, ecumenism, and Catholic institutional life. His research and writing address the intersection of tradition and reform in the contemporary Church.

His major scholarly project is Faith in Crisis: Critical Dialogues in Catholic Traditionalism, Church Authority, and Reform—a 40-chapter volume he organized and edited, coordinating 30+ contributors across three continents. The work features chapters by Cardinal Robert Sarah, Mike Aquilina, Jimmy Akin, Rafael Luciani, and other leading theologians, with endorsements from Cardinal Odilo Scherer and Rodrigo Guerra, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. It carries an imprimatur from Archbishop William E. Lori. He has edited or compiled 10 volumes on Catholic ecclesiology and the papacy.

As founder and chairman of the Likoudis Legacy Foundation, he built a 501(c)(3) research institute from the ground up—establishing governance structures, recruiting a distinguished advisory council of theologians and scholars, launching a fellows program, and founding The Kydones Review, a peer-reviewed journal of which he serves as editor-in-chief.

His communications work includes 40+ published articles in major Catholic outlets: the National Catholic Register, Where Peter Is, Philosophy Now, and EWTN News. He has conducted exclusive interviews with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and provided coverage of the USCCB General Assembly.

His institutional experience includes three years on the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council of Baltimore advising Archbishop Lori, supporting a $5 million capital campaign at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, professional development with McKinsey and Co.'s Forward program, and fellowships with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and Johns Hopkins University.

Andrew is a dedicated parishioner at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—America's First Cathedral—where he worked with the rector to obtain first-class relics of Pope Saint John Paul II from Rome and Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta from the Missionaries of Charity, for the Basilica's perpetual adoration chapel and its street-mission program, Source of All Hope. He previously served as an altar server, lector, and member of the polyphony and Gregorian chant schola cantorum, and has also sung with the Gregorian chant schola at the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus.

Outside of his scholarly and apostolic work, Andrew brings over a decade of hospitality experience—nearly ten years managing Airbnb listings as a Superhost, plus fine dining at Charleston, ranked among OpenTable's Top 10 restaurants in America and Baltimore Magazine's #1 in Maryland. He enjoys kayaking, dancing bachata, and playing chess.

Education

Graduate Education

  • M.A., Catholic Studies — Franciscan University of Steubenville (May 2026)

Undergraduate Education

  • B.S., Communication Studies — Towson University (May 2025)
  • A.S., Business Administration — Community College of Baltimore County (Dec. 2020)
  • McKinsey & Co.'s Forward Program — 8-week training in strategy, problem-solving, and leadership
  • Word on Fire Institute — Certificates in evangelization, apologetics, and Catholic imagination

Honors & Awards

  • College Cup Entrepreneurship Competition — Honorary Finalist (2025), Semifinalist (2024), Towson University
  • Outstanding Achievement in Communication — CCBC (2019)
  • Dean's List — CCBC (2018, 2019)
  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Keynote Speaking

  • Florida Atlantic University — Wilkes Honors College Catholic Club, 2026
  • Goldman Sachs 10KSB — Incoming Fellows' Orientation, Spring 2022
  • Maryland Collegiate Honors Council — Annual Awards Banquet, 2021
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Professional Background

2023 – Present

Founder & Chairman

Likoudis Legacy Foundation (501(c)(3))

Built a research institute from scratch—recruited board members and a nine-person advisory council of theologians, launched an academic journal and fellows program, and established the Foundation as a respected voice in Catholic ecumenical scholarship.

Jun – Aug 2025

Summer Intern, News & Analysis

EWTN / National Catholic Register

Produced 17 published articles covering policy, governance, ethics, and emerging technology. Reported from the field on breaking stories and conducted interviews with Catholic leaders.

2022 – 2026

Young Adult Representative

Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, Archdiocese of Baltimore

One of four at-large positions on the fourteen-member council advising Archbishop Lori. Brought the perspective of young adult Catholics to archdiocesan strategic discussions and pastoral initiatives.

May – Dec 2023

Development Administrative Assistant

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

Supported a $5 million capital campaign—managed donor communications, coordinated events, maintained the giving database, and assisted with grant writing and compliance documentation.

Sept – Dec 2022

Fellow, Marketing Development

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

Supported TargetGov, a government contracting firm, with marketing strategy, procurement research, and client database expansion using Salesforce, Mailchimp, and Basecamp.

Mar – Sept 2022

Fellow, Economic Development

Johns Hopkins University / Bloomberg Philanthropies

Contributed to a Bloomberg-backed workforce development initiative in collaboration with Julep Consulting. Produced policy memos and procurement research for a Johns Hopkins–Goldman Sachs–Baltimore City partnership.

2017 – Present

Hospitality Host & Property Manager

Airbnb Superhost

Nearly a decade managing short-term rental operations across multiple properties—handling guest relations, property maintenance, and financial performance.

Building on a Legacy of Faith

James Likoudis (1928–2024)

Grandfather

President Emeritus of Catholics United for the Faith. Convert from Greek Orthodoxy who became a leading voice for Catholic-Orthodox reunion. His lifelong work defending Vatican II, the liturgical reform, and reconciling Catholics and Eastern Orthodox earned him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Sacred Heart Major Seminary.

Paul Likoudis (1954–2016)

Uncle & Godfather

Longtime editor of The Wanderer, America's oldest national Catholic newspaper (est. 1867). For decades, he uncovered and documented clerical sex abuse—years before the Boston Globe exposé brought it to national attention. His investigative reporting shaped Catholic discourse on institutional accountability.

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Faith in Crisis
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2025

Faith in Crisis

Critical Dialogues in Catholic Traditionalism, Church Authority, and Reform

Edited by Andrew Likoudis
With a foreword by Rocco Buttiglione and an imprimatur from Archbishop William E. Lori
En Route Books & Media, 2025

Bringing together 30+ Catholic voices including Cardinal Robert Sarah, Mike Aquilina, Jimmy Akin, and Dave Armstrong.

Andrew Likoudis with Cardinal Christophe Pierre holding Faith in Crisis
With Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, at the USCCB Fall General Assembly

Endorsements

"Faith in Crisis seems to me to be a providential initiative that allows us to appreciate, through different voices, how much we need to overcome pharisaical attitudes and rediscover, with simplicity, the most elementary thing: Christianity is not a set of values—however correct they may be—but a living Person encountered in the Church."
Rodrigo Guerra, PhDSecretary, Pontifical Commission for Latin America; Ordinary Member, Pontifical Academy for Life; Ordinary Member, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences; Professor, Pontifical Lateran University
"Faith in Crisis is essential reading for all who are dedicated to safeguarding the Church's sapience while courageously embracing its future."
Ines Angeli Murzaku, PhDProfessor of Ecclesiastical History; Founding Chair, Department of Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University
"It is important as Catholics that we not lose sight of the fact that the divine genius of the Church is its uncanny ability to retain doctrinal and liturgical integrity in the midst of the vicissitudes and contingencies within the wide range of cultures, political systems, and nations in which the Church must proclaim the Gospel. Faith in Crisis is an important contribution to our better understanding and appreciation of that genius."
Francis J. Beckwith, PhDProfessor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Baylor University
"While Catholic tradition is good and beautiful, fundamentalism disguised as traditionalism is false and can be downright ugly. Faith in Crisis has assembled an excellent team of authors to show where this fundamentalism goes wrong and how to authentically embrace Catholic tradition."
Trent Horn, MAHost of The Counsel of Trent; Author of Why We're Catholic
"Faith in Crisis is a godsend for our times. In the post-conciliar Church, it seems there is a need to get back to basics when it comes to defending the Faith... Andrew Likoudis has done the Church a great service by presenting the teaching of the living Magisterium, that can serve as a guide for all to truly 'listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches' specifically for the Church and our world today."
Tim StaplesSenior Apologist, Catholic Answers
"This is a splendid collection, and one that can be fruitfully consulted not only by Catholics seeking a way past the ecclesial impasses of the present, but by Christians in every communion who value tradition but want to resist the rigorism and frequent truculence of 'traditionalism'... it is a call to remember that the deepest and most essential resource of Catholic tradition is the law of love."
David Bentley Hart, PhDCollaborative Researcher, University of Notre Dame
"There is a need for mature, sober, thoughtful discussion about the trends that are affecting the Catholic Church today... I don't agree with everything in this anthology. And I think that's the point. Each essay is serious and insightful and contributes to a conversation that needs to happen."
Fr. Carter GriffinRector, St. John Paul II Seminary, Washington, DC
"As a pastor, you see good and faithful believers struggling with questions about tradition and authority in the Church almost every day. After decades of very difficult times for the Church and its believers, those who continue practicing the faith are not only committed and invested, but also desire the gifts of clarity and hope... The essays collected in Faith in Crisis give the reader these gifts of clarity and hope. The reader walks away with a better understanding of how to think about the life of the Church today, with a better sense of what really matters, and with a deeper conviction that together, and by the grace of God, the future is filled with possibility."
Fr. Brendan FitzgeraldRector, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—America's First Cathedral

Table of Contents

Part One

Traditionalism

  • 1.Functionality over Faith: A Modern CrisisAndrew Mioni
  • 2.Lessons from St. Hilary, the "Athanasius of the West"Mike Aquilina
  • 3.Rigorism in the Early Church: The First "Fundamentalists"James L. Papandrea, MDiv, PhD
  • 4.Fundamentalism & Americanism: Obstacles to Thinking with the ChurchWilliam Masur, MS
  • 5.Reframing Orthodoxy: Beyond Conservative & LiberalFr. Matthew Mary Bartow, MFVA
  • 6.Faithfulness, or Rigidity?Pedro Gabriel, MD
  • 7.What is Heresy?Jimmy Akin
  • 8.Diagnosing the Malaise of Modernism within TraditionalismPedro Gabriel, MD
  • 9.Private Revelation & Apparition Subculture within TraditionalismAndrew Likoudis
  • 10.Clericalism & Spiritual Abuse within TraditionalismAndrew Likoudis
  • 11.Trad-adjacent: Radical Catholic ReactionaryismDave Armstrong
Part Two

Church Authority

  • 12.Lessons from St. Peter's PapacySuan Sonna, MTS
  • 13.Collegiality: A Traditional DoctrineRichard G. DeClue, Jr., SThD
  • 14.How Doctrinal Development HappensJimmy Akin
  • 15.Finding Catholic OrthodoxyMike Lewis, MA
  • 16.Thinking with the Mind of the ChurchHenry Matthew Alt, MA
  • 17.Catholic Clickbait: Digital Media & Outrage Culture in the ChurchAndrew Likoudis
  • 18.The Ordinary Magisterium & the Question of DissentRobert Fastiggi, PhD
  • 19.The Antidote of TrustLaura Vender Vos
  • 20.The Spirit of ObedienceFr. Bernard Mulcahy, OP, PhD
  • 21.Doctrinal Safety of the Ordinary Magisterium & Religious ObedienceEmmett O'Regan, PhD
  • 22.Heresy in the Pope's Non-definitive Acts? A Defense of a Charism of SafetyMichael Lofton, MA
Part Three

Reform

  • 23.Vatican II & Theological ParadigmsMichel Therrien, STL, SThD
  • 24.Conversion and Reform: Ecclesial Reconfiguration in the Light of SynodalityRafael Luciani, SThD
  • 25.Veritatis Splendor Magistra et Amoris Laetitia MatrisPedro Gabriel, MD
  • 26.The Death Penalty and Doctrinal DevelopmentRobert Fastiggi, PhD
  • 27.Between Pessimism and Presumption: Hope of Salvation in Church TeachingAdam Rasmussen, PhD
  • 28.The Church is One: The Irrevocable Commitment to Christian UnityAndrew J. Boyd, STL
  • 29.Religious Liberty and its FoundationR. Michael Dunnigan, JCD, JD
  • 30.Interreligious Dialogue & the IncarnationVery Rev. Canon Francis J. Tiso, PhD
  • 31.Eastern Philosophy & a Christology of ReligionsTyler McNabb, PhD
  • 32.Traditionalists' Questions Regarding Catholic Teaching on the Jewish PeopleGavin D'Costa, PhD
  • 33.Do Catholics & Muslims Worship the Same God?Robert Fastiggi, PhD
  • 34.Inculturation & the "Pachamama" OrdealLuis Dizon, MTS
  • 35.Missiology & Material Culture in the Modern AgeSteven Schloeder, PhD, AIA
  • 36.The Liturgical Reform in RetrospectJames Likoudis, DD
  • 37.Challenges in Liturgy: Authority, Continuity, & Sectarian ConcernAndrew Likoudis
  • 38.A Reader's Guide to Pope Francis' Vision of Liturgical FormationTimothy O'Malley, PhD
  • 39.The Road Ahead: A Call for True Ecclesial UnityRobert Cardinal Sarah
  • 40.Taking the Virtuous Path: An Open Letter to Confused Young CatholicsGregory Downs, MATS

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  • Manuscript development & theological accuracy
  • Editorial review for magisterial alignment
  • Multi-author volume management
  • Publication strategy & endorsements
Credentials: Editor of 10 volumes on ecclesiology and ecumenism; experienced with imprimatur processes.
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For Catholic nonprofits and apostolates

  • Organizational development & governance
  • Strategic planning & mission alignment
  • Fundraising & donor engagement
  • 501(c)(3) formation guidance
Credentials: Founder of Likoudis Legacy Foundation; McKinsey and Company's Forward Program; Goldman Sachs 10KSB; JHU Fellow.
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  • Long-form analysis on Church policy
  • Policy memos & white papers
  • Historical & theological research
  • Ghostwriting & thought leadership
Credentials: 40+ published articles; M.A. Catholic Studies, Franciscan University; proficient with AI tools for research and writing.
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For parishes, conferences, universities

  • Traditionalism & Church Authority
  • The Liturgical Reform: Vatican II & Beyond
  • Ecumenism & Catholic-Orthodox Relations
  • Young Adult Engagement
Credentials: Keynote speaker at Goldman Sachs 10KSB and Maryland Collegiate Honors Council; 3 years on Archdiocese of Baltimore Pastoral Council.

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