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Jocelyne Cesari

March 24, 2021

Contemporary Issues in EU-Middle East Relations

Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari will speak at a panel on "Contemporary Issues in EU-Middle East Relations," hosted by Florida International University on March 24, 2021. The panel will focus on cultural, political, and economic issues in bilateral relations.

Paul Elie

March 23, 2021

The Vatican's Giant Step Backward on Same-Sex Unions

Writing in a "Daily Comment" for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie reflects on the Vatican announcement saying Catholic priests cannot bless same-sex unions, highlighting the confusion around what Pope Francis really thinks. 

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March 22, 2021

Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics

Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari is the editor-in-chief of a Brill book series that brings together scholars of political science and religious studies. Volumes address contemporary debates on religion and politics in a particular national or regional context or in a comparative way across religions or political contexts.

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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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