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October 15, 2019

Strengthening Partnerships for Better Development Outcomes

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall offered keynote comments at an October 15 session on "Strengthening Partnerships between Faith Actors and Multilateral Agencies to Achieve Better Development Outcomes," part of the 2019 Civil Society Policy Forum hosted by the World Bank.

Religion as a Political Factor and Ideology

October 12, 2019

Religion as a Political Factor and Ideology

At the 2019 Rhodes Forum, held October 11 and 12, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall moderated a panel discussion on secularism, the radicalization of religion, and inter-civilizational dialogue in the context of a post-secular era.

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October 7, 2019

Addressing Global Religious Persecution

On October 7 Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall participated in a panel on "Addressing Global Religious Persecution" as part of the 26th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium at Brigham Young University. The discussion focused on media, national government leaders, and human rights advocates.

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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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