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January 29, 2021

Joe Biden, the Second Catholic President

On the New Yorker radio hour, Senior Fellow Paul Elie explores how President Biden's Catholic faith might influence his policy, as well as how Biden might bring “moral authority” to a Church damaged by decades of abuse scandals.

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January 27, 2021

$346,000 Luce Grant to Fund the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy at Georgetown University

The Berkley Center has received a $346,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to fund the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy (TPNRD), which will migrate from Cambridge University to Georgetown University as one of Georgetown’s ongoing programs. In January 2021 Judd Birdsall joined the Berkley Center as he continues to provide leadership for the TPNRD.

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January 27, 2021

Berkley Forum: Religion and Diplomacy with Judd Birdsall

The Berkley Forum sat down with Judd Birdsall to discuss his journey as a scholar and policymaker, the work of the Transatlantic Policy Network of Religion and Diplomacy, and pressing issues at the nexus of religion and diplomacy.

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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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