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Peter Mandaville

March 11, 2021

The Pope in Iraq: It Is Time to Rebuild

Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville is quoted in this article, published by Alfa & Omega, where he discusses political dynamics in the Middle East in light of Pope Francis' historic visit to Iraq in March 2021. 

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March 11, 2021

Religion in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A One-Year Retrospective

How do religious communities contribute—both positively and less so—to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic? This long-form story explores how the Religious Responses to COVID-19 project is addressing this question through groundbreaking research, commentary, and dialogue.

Katherine Marshall

March 11, 2021

Shackles of Blindness

Writing for the G20 Interfaith Forum, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall connects blindness to racism—as highlighted in the Oprah interview with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex—and blindness to religious engagement in international development.

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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.

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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.

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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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