Berkley Center

Senior Fellow Paul Elie and Senior Research Fellow Rev. Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., spoke on the keynote plenary panel for the "Taking Responsibility: Jesuit Educational Institutions Confront the Causes and Legacy of Clergy Sexual Abuse" conference, hosted April 21 and 22, 2022, by Fordham University.

Senior Fellow José Casanova will participate in an April 21 webinar, hosted by the University of Notre Dame, about Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of religion to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how religion is helping to address the human cost of the war, as religious NGOs provide assistance for Ukrainian refugees.

Senior Fellows Katherine Marshall and the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., are two of the signatories to a declaration calling for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) to give the global community innovative tools to combat corruption.

The Berkley Center and greater Georgetown community mourn the loss of Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., who passed away on Wednesday, April 6. He devoted his life to applying the rich tradition of Catholic social teaching to issues of human rights, interreligious dialogue, nuclear disarmament, and peace.

video | Watch the April 20 funeral Mass livestream