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October 20, 2022

Judd Birdsall Interviews Dutch Religion Envoy Jos Douma

In this interview, published by the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy, Jos Douma joins Senior Research Fellow Judd Birdsall to reflect on his diplomatic career and share lessons learned from his time as special envoy for religion and belief for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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October 18, 2022

Katherine Marshall on International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings

Writing for the G20 Interfaith Forum blog Viewpoints, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall reflects on the climate and tone of recent meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as well as the call to address looming challenges for vulnerable faith communities and her hope for more robust debates in the future.

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October 17, 2022

Peter Mandaville and Knox Thames on International Religious Freedom and U.S. National Security

In this United States Institute of Peace report, Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville and Knox Thames examine the United States' commitment to international religious freedom and the challenges to ensuring it remains central to U.S. foreign policy. Berkley Center scholars Judd Birdsall, David Little, Katherine Marshall, Eric Patterson, and Asma Uddin were part of the report working group.

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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.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

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.

Roses and stained glass in a church.

November 26, 2024

Brian Flanagan Quoted on Synod on Synodality Final Report

Religion News Service article quotes Research Fellow Brian Flanagan on the impact of Pope Francis' support for the final report from the Synod on Synodality, the Catholic Church's recently concluded three-year consultation process.

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