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José Casanova

June 28, 2021

Religions in the Time of COVID-19

Senior Fellow José Casanova will join Cenap Aydin, director of the Tevere Institute in Rome, for a conversation on "Religions in the Time of COVID-19" on June 30, 2021. Roberto Cipriani, president of the International Center for the Sociology of Religion, will moderate.

Paul Elie

June 22, 2021

The Catholic Bishops’ Brawl Over Denying Joe Biden Communion

Writing in a "Daily Comment" for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie considers how some Catholic bishops are attempting to use the Eucharist to upbraid President Biden and to reclaim moral authority after the clerical sexual abuse crisis.

José Casanova and Thomas Banchoff in conversation

June 21, 2021

Book: The Jesuits and Globalization

This article, published by Independent Catholic News, reviews The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges (Georgetown University Press, 2016), co-edited by Berkley Center Senior Fellows Thomas Banchoff and José Casanova.

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Cardinal Robert McElroy speaking in front of a podium in Copley Formal Lounge

January 6, 2025

Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington

Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

December 13, 2024

Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

Roses and stained glass in a church.

November 26, 2024

Brian Flanagan Quoted on Synod on Synodality Final Report

Religion News Service article quotes Research Fellow Brian Flanagan on the impact of Pope Francis' support for the final report from the Synod on Synodality, the Catholic Church's recently concluded three-year consultation process.

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