Stan Chu Ilo is a research professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University, Chicago, where he coordinates the African Catholicism Project. He is the author of A Poor and Merciful Church: The Illuminative Ecclesiology of Pope Francis and editor of Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion. He is the 2017 winner of the AfroGlobal Excellence Award for Global Impact.