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Rights, Freedom, and Sustainable Development: Looking Ahead

November 18, 2015

Rights, Freedom, and Sustainable Development: Looking Ahead

Katherine Marshall, speaking at the G20 Interfaith Summit in Turkey, said at a time when the world faces multiple crises, religious dimensions have new and vital importance and religious actors have new opportunities to act and influence.
Religion and Climate Change Symposium

November 16, 2015

Religion and Climate Change Symposium

The Berkley Center and U.S. State Department convened faith leaders, scholars, and policymakers to discuss challenges of climate change.
Nobel Prize Is a Victory for Tunisian Democracy

November 4, 2015

Nobel Prize Is a Victory for Tunisian Democracy

Drew Christiansen, S.J. says a vibrant civil society, coupled with putting the interests of the country above sect and creed, are two critical foundations of democracy in the Middle East.
A Kairos Moment: Faith Calls to Action

September 29, 2015

A Kairos Moment: Faith Calls to Action

Katherine Marshall says religious leaders will be engaged at the UN General Assembly, G20, and COP21 meetings to advocate for solutions to Syria, the refugee crisis, climate change, and other crises.

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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.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

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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