Berkley Center

In a March 8 conversation with Studio Aesculapius, Senior Fellow Paul Elie discussed his own pilgrimage in and around the Catholic Church. He also spoke of Bach’s unique place as a religious artist and, finally, of his work on the American Pilgrimage Project, where he has discovered the healing power of a diversity of American religious experience beyond even his broadest expectations.

Senior Research Fellow Amy Uelmen will participate in an April 27 webinar that will focus on strategies for healing polarization in a variety of contexts and from multiple perspectives, including political, educational, media, racial, theological, psychological, and spiritual.

Writing an op-ed for Euro-Islam.info in honor of the UN's International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari analyzes and discusses the intensification and expansion of Islamophobia beyond the West.

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.