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May 9, 2025

José Casanova on the First American To Be Chosen as Pope

Senior Fellow José Casanova joined other Georgetown University experts to reflect on the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as Pope Leo XIV—the first American to lead the Catholic Church in its nearly 2,000-year-old history.

Pope Francis addresses the UN Security Council.

May 6, 2025

Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Andrew Prevot Reflect on the Legacy of Pope Francis

Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Abraham Skorka and Senior Fellow Andrew Prevot were featured in the recent event, "Remembering Pope Francis," hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and the Office of Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University. Rabbi Skorka and Prevot were quoted in Catholic Review's coverage of the event, and Prevot's reflections were also featured in a Black Catholic Messenger article

Paul Elie speaking at an event

May 6, 2025

Paul Elie Reflects on Pope Francis' Last Grand Gathering

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.

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Leo Lefebure

June 20, 2025

Leo Lefebure to Speak on Culture of Encounter

Berkley Center Faculty Fellow Leo Lefebure will deliver a public lecture titled "Shaping a Culture of Encounter in a Fragmented World: Culture, Politics, and the Promise of Interreligious Dialogue" on June 26 in Blacktown, Australia. 

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