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Joe Biden speaks to supporters during the 2002 Iowa Caucuses. Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore.

August 17, 2020

Joe Biden Campaigns on Faith

Berkley Center Director Shaun Casey is quoted in a Christianity Today article examining the impact of outreach that emphasizes the presidential candidate's Catholic faith, given the historically complicated relationship between American Catholics and evangelicals.

Paul Elie

August 12, 2020

Confront the Facts on Flannery O’Connor

Writing for Commonweal, Senior Fellow Paul Elie argues that if we are going to look to Flannery O’Connor’s work to help us understand matters of race, we’ve got to understand the work itself, including her objectionable remarks of May 1964.

Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb explodes in 1952 nuclear test

August 6, 2020

The Church on Nuclear Abolition

In "Faith Alive!," a weekly catechetical series from Catholic News Service, Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., describes how the condemnation of deterrence is the clear teaching of Pope Francis and concludes that the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is the right time for American Catholics to adopt the same posture.

Rainbow and fountain in Nagasaki Peace Park

August 6, 2020

Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., is one of the signatories to the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Accord, in which the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Charter for Compassion, Religions for Peace, and the United Religions Initiative commit to a united stance in favor of nuclear abolition.

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Lisé Morjé Howard

March 6, 2026

Faculty Fellow Lise Morjé Howard to Speak on the Future of UN Peacekeeping

Lise Morjé Howard, a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center, will participate in a panel discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace titled “The UN Without the United States: UN Peacekeeping.” The event will explore how shifting global politics and a potential decline in U.S. support could reshape the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Jim Wallis

February 13, 2026

Jim Wallis on Why Black History Is America's History

Writing in Religion News Service, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jim Wallis contends that facing the history of racial injustice in the United States with honesty is not divisive, but necessary for democratic renewal and moral clarity.

The WFLF 2024-2025 fellows and the WFLF team.

February 9, 2026

Women Faith Leaders Speak on Maternal Health Gaps in Kenya

Kenyan nuns are providing vital maternal health care in climate‑stressed regions. Member of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship (WFLF) 2025-2026 cohort Sister Michelle Njeri, OSF, and WFLF alumna Sister Teresa Kiragu, ASN, are quoted on their faith‑driven efforts to protect mothers and newborns.

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