Berkley Center

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.

Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville will join a May 6 panel discussion exploring how the Trump administration’s foreign policy engages with religious freedom issues in the context of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.

On May 1, Senior Fellow José Casanova and Faculty Fellow Peter Phan joined a panel of experts for "The Asian Legacy of Pope Francis: Interreligious Dialogue, Migration, and Geopolitics," an online roundtable hosted by the Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics (ISAC).

In an analysis published by Reset Dialogues, Senior Fellow José Casanova remembers Pope Francis, a transformative leader in the Catholic Church and on the world stage. Casanova reflects on the "radical tone and surprising pace" of Francis' pontificate, which centered social justice, interreligious dialogue, and migrant and environmental rights.