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“Jesus was himself a refugee. And so it’s not surprising that you find in the teachings of Jesus repeated calls to respect the needs of those who are migrants and strangers in our midst.”

A new AP article on religious responses to policy changes cites Senior Fellow Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J.

Trump won't ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration has sown fear within their migrant-friendly congregations.

From the university: Join Robert M. Groves, Interim President of Georgetown University, for the conferral of an honorary degree upon Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe in Gaston Hall on January 27.

Ordained in 1971, Cardinal Radcliffe is a well-known preacher and speaker, and former Master of the Order of Preachers. He was Director of the Las Casas Institute from Easter 2014–Easter 2016 and continues to be a member of the Institute’s Advisory Board.

Radcliffe offered the keynote at "Synodality and the Culture of Encounter: A Call to Conversion," part of the Culture of Encounter Project supported by the Berkley Center.

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Honorary Degree Ceremony for H.E. Timothy Cardinal Radcliffe, O.P. Robert M. Groves, Interim President of Georgetown University, requests the pleasure of your company for the conferral of an honorary degree upon H....

Welcoming Cardinal Robert McElroy as Archbishop of Washington Georgetown leaders welcome the appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy, former bishop of San Diego, as the new leader of the archdiocese.

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Global Interfaith Monitor No. 31

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Religion and Culture in Asia | Synodality and the Culture of Encounter: December Newsletter In recent years we have witnessed a growing trend of states aspiring to regional and global power incorporating religion and religious outreach activities into their external relations. The Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in Asia thematic series, which grows out of a partnership between the Be...

A new thematic series, which grows out of a partnership between the Berkley Center’s Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power project and the United States Institute of Peace, with collaboration from Nanyang Technological University, explores the motivations, effectiveness, and impact of various geopolitical actors attempting to influence local, regional, and international affairs across Asia.

Read newly launched blog posts, policy briefs, and working papers on the project website:

The Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in Asia: A Thematic Series This thematic series, part of the Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power project, explores the motivations, effectiveness, and impact of various geopolitical actors attempting to influence local, regional, and international affairs across Asia.

: Watch a webinar discussion featuring authors who contributed to the Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in Asia series, the product of collaboration between the Berkley Center and United States Institute of Peace.

Participants included Judd Birdsall from Georgetown University, Rohit Chopra from Santa Clara University, Julia Schiwal from the United States Institute of Peace, Mohammed Sinan Siyech from the University of Edinburgh, and George Washington University’s Eric Schluessel and Bianca Trifoi. https://buff.ly/3ZmFKw4

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Please join us: In celebration of the launch of the first batch of publications in the Geopolitics of Religion and Culture in Asia series, the Berkley Center and United States Institute of Peace are hosting a virtual event with commissioned authors.

Topics of discussion will include the increasingly prominent Asian dimension of the geopolitics of religion centered on the activities of China and India. Participants include Judd Birdsall from Georgetown University, Rohit Chopra from Santa Clara University, Julia Schiwal from the United States Institute of Peace, Mohammed Sinan Siyech from the University of Edinburgh, and George Washington University’s Eric Schluessel and Bianca Trifoi. https://buff.ly/3ZmFKw4

On Thanksgiving, how should we remember a history of violence, slavery, land theft, and white Christian nationalism? How can the United States reckon with its past and create conditions for a more inclusive and reconciled future? Read more on the Berkley Forum.

Who Belongs at the Thanksgiving Table? Christianity, History, and Immigration How is “owning” the past or laying claim to a founding national narrative linked with belonging to the nation in the present? How should Christians remember a history of violence, slavery, land theft, or white Christian nationalism?

Caring for Refugees | G20 Interfaith Forum | Georgetown Engages the Vatican: November Newsletter -

Caring for Refugees | G20 Interfaith Forum | Georgetown Engages the Vatican: November Newsletter On November 11 and 13 this conference, part of Georgetown University’s Culture of Encounter Project and co-hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Migration, brought together faith leaders and practitioners in productive dialogue with one another to better understand what is at st...

What happens when centuries-old faith traditions meet the rapidly evolving forces of globalization?

The book “Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization” (edited by Berkley Center fellows José Casanova and Peter Phan) dives into how Catholicism has shaped—and been shaped by—modernity in Asia and Oceania.

Since the sixteenth century, Catholicism has played a key role in global connectivity. While a minority religion in most of Asia, it offers a unique lens to understand globalization’s impact on faith and culture.

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Holy sites raise critical issues of theology, law and politics. Some scholars argue that because they are “indivisible,” control over these sites is essentially a zero-sum game. Other scholars argue that sharing space can be facilitated by suitable tools of conflict management and conflict resolution. For example, changes in religious rules, such as time and place regulations, has helped to sustain new narratives and attitudes towards sacralization and the symbols that they might represent.

Taking as a springboard the work of Professor Marshall Breger, co-author of "The Contest and Control of Jerusalem's Holy Sites" (2023), our November 19 panel will discuss the history and prospects of sharing the Holy Land’s sacred sites, including the Temple Mount / Haram al Sharif, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It will also expand the discussion to examples of sharing sacred space in other places. A reception will follow this event.

This event is convened by the Georgetown Law Office of Mission & Ministry and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.

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Sharing Sacred Space in the Holy Lands: Is Conflict Inevitable? Holy sites raise critical issues of theology, law and politics. Some scholars argue that because they are “indivisible,” control over these sites is essentially a zero-sum game. This panel will discuss the history and prospects of sharing the Holy Land’s sacred sites, including the Temple Moun...

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Global Interfaith Monitor No. 29