Famularo, Franco

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Dr. Franco Famularo is President of Universal Peace Federation in Canada and serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership.

He has served Family Federation in multiple roles as Pastor, Educator and Administrator. He is the Canadian representative of the International Sunhak Institute of History and also has over 25 years of business experience.

He is an author with interests in religious history, interfaith dialogue and peace activism and served in various roles for over 50 years with UPF and its affiliated organizations in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Korea, Russia and the USA.

Doctor of Ministry (2020), Unification Theological Seminary
Master of Divinity (1994), Unification Theological Seminary
Bachelor of Arts in History (1992), University of the State of New York

Languages: English, Italian, French, German

A History of the Unification Church in Canada 1965-1991
The Footsteps of True Parents’ Providence in Canada (2013)
Growth, Development and Succession: A strategic plan for the Montreal Unification Community (2020)
Overcoming Hate Speech: Toward Dialogue Between the Anti-Cult Movement, Media, Academics and New Religious Movements (2025) in Threats to Religious Freedom: Root Causes and Paths Forward (HJI Press)

Journal of Unification Studies

Applied Unificationism Blog

A Unification View on Universal Healthcare (September 2013)
What Does “Begotten” Really Mean? How Misunderstanding Words Can Lead to Unnecessary Division (January 2017)
Draining the Swamp? Trump Should Look to Canada for More than Immigration Policy (March 2017)
Gun Control: Profound Cultural Differences Regardless of Statistics (February 2018)
Infallibility: Reflections from Roman Catholicism (December 2018)
The Unification Community 100 Years After the Founder’s Birth: Are We There Yet? (January 2020)

THE 5651 Seminar in Unification Studies: Christology & the Understanding of “Only Begotten Daughter” in TP’s Thought