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September 11, 2013

What to Remember in Syria from Iraq’s Sectarian War


Jocelyne Cesari says ending Syrian suffering requires a stronger international diplomatic initiative including Syria's neighbors, in order to rebalance the power between the different factions on the ground.

August 27, 2013

Burundi's Great Mother


Katherine Marshall profiles Maggie Barankitse, founder of Maison Shalom. The organization provides care and education for thousands of children, including many who have been orphaned by Burundi's civil war.

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August 22, 2013

The State Department's Embrace of Religion


Katherine Marshall says State's new Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives will help fill an important gap in America's diplomatic and development outlook, even if there are some risks that should be kept in mind.

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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.

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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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