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Silent Peace Vigil with Sign for the Anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Atomic Bombs

June 15, 2020

Waiting for Armageddon

In a new article in Ethics and Armed Forces – Controversies in Military Ethics & Security Policy, Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., discusses religious dimensions of the association between nuclear weapons and the “end of days.” He concludes that moral assessment of a phenomenon in accordance with the Church’s social teachings must incorporate theological, ethical, and social factors.

Paul Elie

June 15, 2020

How Racist Was Flannery O'Connor?

In The New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie analyzes the life and legacy of icon Flannery O’Connor in light of letters and postcards recently made available to scholars, which displayed a more bigoted side to her character.

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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.

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