Berkley Center

Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes for the New Yorker about his hope that Pope Leo XIV will be a "pontiff of peace" as the world faces what his predecessor Pope Francis called "a third world war in pieces." Elie also contributed to the New Yorker's daily newsletter shortly after Pope Leo was elected and joined the New Yorker's Critics at Large podcast to discuss his recent reporting from the Vatican on the historic election of Pope Leo.

Senior Research Fellow E.J. Dionne writes in the Washington Post that the selection of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, means there will be no turning back from the direction charted by Pope Francis, who made Prevost a cardinal in 2023.

Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Abraham Skorka and Senior Fellow Andrew Prevot were featured in the recent event, "Remembering Pope Francis," hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and the Office of Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University. Rabbi Skorka and Prevot were quoted in Catholic Review's coverage of the event, and Prevot's reflections were also featured in a Black Catholic Messenger article. 

Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes in Vanity Fair about a remarkable photograph the Jesuit priest and author Rev. James Martin, S.J., took at the Vatican synod in October 2024. Elie describes the photo as an image of the Catholic future that Pope Francis brought near—and that the next pope ought to carry forward.