Georgetown University Archives

Jesuits in US pledge $100M for racial reconciliation

Mar 17, 2021

The U.S.-based branch of the Jesuits has unveiled ambitious plans for a “truth and reconciliation” initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order.

By David Crary

Young Catholic leaders discuss public policy, social justice principles

Mar 13, 2021

On the anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and the day President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan act, a panel of Catholic opinion-makers had suggestions for what’s ahead for Catholic moral principles and public policy.

By Kurt Jensen

Shahbaz Bhatti ‘one of the finest Christian leaders we had,’ cardinal says

Mar 2, 2021

On the 10th anniversary of the assassination of a Pakistani minister Shahbaz Bhatti, known for his advocacy on behalf of religious minorities, the country’s top Catholic leader praised the politician as a champion of human and minority rights.

By Elise Ann Allen

Jesuit priest will deliver invocation at Biden’s presidential inauguration

Jan 9, 2021

Jesuit Father Leo O’Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden Jan. 20.

By Carol Zimmermann

Panel: Amid election angst, Christians can vote, log off, and be quiet

Nov 1, 2020

If there’s one thing that Republican and Democrats in the 2020 election share, it’s angst.

This year’s election, amid a pandemic, amid economic instability and distrust of institutions, has done little to bring out the best in the country’s political animals.

By Rhina Guidos

In polarized presidential election, it’s better ‘to engage than demonize’

Oct 21, 2020

The fact is: The Catholic vote is not a monolith. This was the core of an online discussion organized by Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public life.

By Inés San Martín

Cardinal says Pope’s new encyclical is a warning: The world is ‘on the brink’

Oct 6, 2020

One of Pope Francis’s top advisers said that the pontiff sees the current world situation comparable to that of the Cuban missile crisis, World War II, or 9/11 – and that to fully understand the papal encyclical released on Sunday, it’s necessary to acknowledge “we’re on the brink.”

By Inés San Martín

In the 2020 presidential election, immigration is about two Americas

Sep 27, 2020

The way two panelists at a key immigration conference see it, the issue Donald Trump ran on in his successful 2016 campaign emerges in this year’s presidential contest much the same way it did before: As a battle between a group seeking to stop demographic changes and one embracing them.

By Rhina Guidos