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March 4, 2022

3 Questions on Ukraine: Eric Patterson and José Casanova

Senior Fellow José Casanova spoke with Research Fellow Eric Patterson, executive vice president of the Religious Freedom Institute, about the religious dynamics in Ukraine, particularly the multidimensionality of religious freedom in Ukraine, amidst the current crisis.

Jocelyne Cesari

March 2, 2022

Why Putin Believes He's Fighting a Holy War

In the first of a two-part series on ABC National Radio's The Religion and Ethics Report, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari discusses what Russian President Vladimir Putin sees as a divine mission to restore the ancient territory of the 'Holy Rus,' with the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as the 'Third Rome.'

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Peter Mandaville

March 1, 2022

Assessing Domestic US Religious Politics’ Impact on Foreign Policy

On March 4 Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville and Susan Hayward will moderate a conversation to assess the normative frameworks that shape how U.S. foreign policy thinks about the role of religion in world affairs and consider how religion can be reimagined in policy and activist responses to meet the challenges of the present day. The event is sponsored by Harvard Divinity School.

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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.

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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.

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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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