Berkley Center

Georgetown University welcomed Dr. Benjamin Park, associate professor of history at Sam Houston State University, for a February 2 conversation about his most recent book, American Zion: A New History of Mormonism (2024). Dr. Park joined Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Judd Birdsall for a discussion about the history of Mormonism and how the religion succeeded in the United States.

Writing a Daily Comment for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie examines the ways Pope Francis and other Catholic and Vatican figures have sought to address the war in Gaza—two years after they sought to address the war in Ukraine.

Writing for the Washington Post, Senior Research Fellow E.J. Dionne, Jr., discusses Christianity's link to politics through the differing ways House Speaker House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) publicly refer to the Bible.

Berkley Center Director Thomas Banchoff and students from the Human Fraternity Fellows Program were featured in Vatican News, highlighting the program's study trip to Abu Dhabi for the anniversary of the Document on Human Fraternity. The program is co-sponsored by the Berkley Center, Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, and Muslim Council of Elders.