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April 22, 2019

The West’s Debt to Notre Dame

Berkley Center Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., considers the absence of serious articulation of Notre-Dame’s religious meaning and of Christian influence on civilization in the West in the wake of the cathedral's devastating fire.

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April 15, 2019

How the Catholic Church Is Compensating Victims

Senior Fellow Paul Elie was a guest on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show on April 15. Listen to their conversation about how the Catholic Church is compensating victims of abuse, whether it can ever be enough, and the impact on Elie's own faith amid the ongoing scandal.

Jane McAuliffe

April 10, 2019

McAuliffe to Deliver 2019 Holy Cross Commencement Address

Distinguished Senior Research Fellow Jane McAuliffe will deliver this year's commencement address at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. A prominent scholar of Islam who has been involved in Muslim-Christian dialogue, McAuliffe will also be awarded an honorary degree.

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Cardinal Robert McElroy speaking in front of a podium in Copley Formal Lounge

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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