Rik Torfs
Dr. Rik Torfs is Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. The author of nearly 350 articles and numerous books dealing with canon law, law, and church and state relationships, he is editor of the European Journal for Church and State Research, is a member of the Board of Directors of the European Consortium for State-Church Research, and is a newspaper columnist and host of his own television program. In 2009 he became a member of the Commission for Intercultural Dialogue (Assises de l'Interculturalité) of the Belgian government. In June 2010 he was elected a member of the Belgian Senate.