Berkley Center

Senior Fellow Judd Birdsall will deliver a lecture at Brigham Young University on October 22, 2025 entitled "The Promise of Covenantal Pluralism: Lessons from England." The talk will explore how covenantal approaches to pluralism can strengthen social cohesion in diverse societies. 

In a recent article published on The BMJ, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall, along with co-authors Olivia Wilkinson, Ashish Jha, and Sister Carol Keehan, analyzes how religious leadership and institutions shape health outcomes across diverse contexts. The article argues for long-term, context-specific collaboration between faith and health sectors as a means to enhance trust, equity, and the effectiveness of global public health initiatives. 

Paul Elie, senior fellow at the Berkley Center, has contributed an essay to Notre Dame Magazine which delves into the lives of the author James Joyce and cleric John Joyce, examining how their paths intersect with broader themes of faith, skepticism, and modernist thought.

In this article for Commonweal to mark the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' Fratelli tutti (Brothers and Sisters All), Berkley Center Director Thomas Banchoff highlights the encyclical's extensive discussion of the migration issue—and of creative ways to address the contentious politics that surround it.