Berkley Center

In a Daily Comment for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes about Pope Francis's steadfast commitment to migrants and refugees and his abiding concern for their plight—expressed through the "power of gestures" rather than "gestures of power."

On January 5 Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall will participate in a Religious Freedom Institute panel surveying COVID-19 policies around the world that have restricted the freedom of religious institutions and reflecting on key lessons that should inform government officials and religious leaders going forward.

Senior Fellow Shaun Casey will speak at a panel on "Guantanamo 20 Years On: A Religious Perspective," hosted by the Episcopal Church and the National Religious Campaign against Torture on January 11, 2022. The event will also feature the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari has published her latest book, We God's People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations, with Cambridge University Press. Cesari argues the dual dissemination of the nation-state framework and the Western understanding of religion is foundational to the relationship between religion and politics today.