Berkley Center

Writing for the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall discusses the Community of Sant’Egidio, a unique lay Catholic movement and organization, and how its lengthy involvement in diverse conflict situations suggests distinctive lessons that can help untangle the complex challenges, risks, and opportunities that today’s peacebuilding efforts demand.

Writing for Truthout, Senior Research Fellow Julia Watts Belser examines how disability culture can help lead to the way for responding more ethically and equitably to the climate crisis.

Senior Research Fellow Judd Birdsall has written the afterword for The Gospel and Religious Freedom: Historical Studies in Evangelicalism and Political Engagement (Baylor University Press, 2023), edited by David W. Bebbington.

Writing for La Civiltà Cattolica, Senior Fellow Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., discusses the ethical, political, and theological dimensions of the debate in the Catholic community about whether Christians should always rely on nonviolent responses to serious injustices or whether armed force is sometimes a legitimate way to right grave wrongs.