Berkley Center

Writing a Daily Comment for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie commemorates the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis' pontificate. Elie discusses how this pope's spontaneity and candor have shown that the Catholic Church is an institution whose leader can face unresolved questions openly, rather than dismiss them as out of bounds.

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall, vice president of the G20 Interfaith Forum, is co-hosting a March 13 webinar to gather insights on key global issues from those involved in the UN Human Rights Council events, while at the same time tapping prominent actors and institutions based in Geneva.

In honor of International Women's Day, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari will participate in a March 8 virtual talk about the diversity of religious positions on women's rights and the politicization of Islam across Muslim countries and among Muslim minorities. The event is hosted by Syracuse University's Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs and the Middle Eastern Studies Program.

Senior Research Fellow Julia Watts Belzer will deliver a March 22 webinar on "Hope and Grief in the Age of Climate Change." Arguing against cultural tropes of widespread cataclysm often found in Jewish text, Belzer will empower the embodied ethics of contemporary queer disability communities on the frontlines of climate disruption, showing how disability practices of collective care offer hope.