Berkley Center

A Catholic News Service article recaps "Humanity in Crisis: How Ethics and Religion Shape Policy Responses to Refugees," our May 19 event featuring Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., in conversation with policymakers and ethicists about what specific policies towards refugees and migrants look like when they are consistent with ethical values.

The Berkley Center hosted an online panel discussion on the ethical and religious dimensions of the global refugee crisis to launch Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees, a new book by Senior Fellow Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J.

Senior Fellow Paul Elie is participating in a May 21 webinar marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of Laudato Si, Pope Francis' encyclical notable for its holistic integration—of faith, reason, experience, academic disciplines, and ways of knowing—that begins in a particular biosphere but also stretches out to include the entire community of the cosmos.

A Catholic News Service article on the Catholic Church's creative responses to pandemics throughout history quotes Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall on the critical role of religious communities in caring for those hit by disease and helping to end epidemics.