Maximilian Welticke (born in Korbach in 1999) studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Oxford. Since October 2025, he has been studying moral theology for his licentiate at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. In November 2022, he joined the Young Forum of the Görres Society; since September 2025, he has been a member of the Roman Institute of the same society. He is a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and conducts research in the field of political ethics.