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October 26, 2010

Katherine Marshall Blogs: Roads from Rome

There was such a flurry of activity in Rome last week that it seemed as if the Eternal City was, once again, the center of the world. Bishops from all over the Middle East met in conclave, new cardinals were proclaimed and new saints were canonized. With a candlelight march, the Community of Sant'Egidio commemorated the dark day in 1943 when Rome's Jewish community was deported to concentration camps.

October 14, 2010

Katherine Marshall Blogs: Recipe for Peace: Dialogue

Dialogue, especially interfaith dialogue, gets a bad rap these days, but a pugnacious Italian historian and peacemaker, Andrea Riccardi, is not about to let such denigration stand. Looking already to the tenth anniversary of September 11th next year, he argues that the lesson we must learn, yet again, is that war achieves nothing and that tenacious dialogue is the path to peace.

October 14, 2010

Katherine Marshall Featured Panelist at Rome Conference

The Center's Katherine Marshall spoke at a panel on "Equitable and Ethical Development" at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, on October 12, 2010. The panel was part of the conference "Building Bridges of Hope: Success Stories and Strategies for Interfaith Action."

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Rowan Williams stands at the podium in Gaston Hall with Georgetown leaders seated behind him. Photo by Phil Humnicky.

October 22, 2026

Georgetown Awards Honorary Degree to Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury

On October 20, Georgetown bestowed its highest academic honor on Rev. Rowan Williams, a theologian and the former archbishop of Canterbury, in Gaston Hall. The Berkley Center co-sponsored the event as part of its support for the university’s annual Costan Lecture in Early Christianity, a series directed by Faculty Fellow Julia Lamm that invites leading scholars of early Christianity to campus.

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