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Katherine Marshall

April 23, 2020

Messages of Religious Leaders Have “Extraordinary Importance”

In an interview with the World Council of Churches, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall discusses the ways faith communities and religious leaders have been responding to COVID-19, including their important role in addressing inequality revealed by the pandemic.

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April 18, 2020

What Difference Does a Day Make? Earth Day at Fifty

In an article for Emergence on the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, Senior Fellow Paul Elie traces the literary history of the environmental movement from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring to Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, covering writers like Bill McKibben, Al Gore, Arundhati Roy, and Elizabeth Kolbert.

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April 17, 2020

Religion Can be a Healing Balm for COVID-19's Disruption, If Applied Judiciously

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall, with co-authors Susan Hayward and Azza Karam, argues that religion can be part of the problem and solution in the COVID-19 pandemic. Their op-ed, published by Religion News Service, considers how multireligious solidarity can help address exclusion and fear in the wake of the pandemic.

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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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January 29, 2026

Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs Minor Program Inspires Students to Research and Reflect

The Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs Minor (REWA) is an academic program run by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. As a core project of the center’s student programs, the REWA minor invites Georgetown students to learn about the many ways in which religious traditions have been uniquely intertwined with the everchanging world around us.

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January 1, 2026

Jerome Copulsky on What Comes After the Declaration of Independence

In a Liberty Fund essay, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky reflects on what the founding document left open once independence was declared, arguing that the declaration offers guiding ideals, but the work of turning those principles into reality falls to each generation. 

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