Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

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Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?

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Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence

Renewing Politics from the Ground Up: Lessons from Latino Organizing

About the Initiative

The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life is a unique effort to promote dialogue on Catholic social thought and national and global issues, build bridges across political, religious, and ideological lines, and encourage a new generation of Catholic lay leaders to see their faith as an asset in pursuing the common good.

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Oct
21

2025

Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity? Event

Pope Leo XIV has urged the media to serve as peacemakers and to embrace communication that brings us out of the confusion of loveless, ideological, or partisan languages. Yet the proliferation of new and heavily ideological media outlets prevents dialogue among people with differing views, continues…

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Oct
30

2025

Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence Event

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John McCarthy and Gloria Purvis join the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life as inaugural senior fellows

John McCarthy and Gloria Purvis have joined Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life as our inaugural senior fellows for the fall 2025 semester.

As leading voices at the intersection of faith and public life, McCarthy and Purvis share the Initiative’s commitment to the principles of Catholic social thought and to building bridges across political, religious, and ideological lines. McCarthy and Purvis will contribute to our busy line-up of fall programming that includes Public Dialogues on immigration, faith and democracy, and the dignity of work and AI, along with student engagement and their own writing and speaking projects.

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Media Around Pope Francis’ Legacy and Pope Leo XIV’s Election

Kim Daniels and John Carr of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life offer their expertise to journalists seeking interviews on a variety of subjects related to Pope Francis’s legacy, the history of the papacy, and the election of Pope Leo XIV.

Christopher White to Join Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Christopher White is joining the Initiative team in July 2025 as Associate Director for Strategic Engagement and Senior Fellow.

Chris White is an award-winning journalist with impressive experience and expertise covering the U.S. and global Catholic Church. For the last four years, Chris has covered the Vatican for the National Catholic Reporter (NCR), and before that served as NCR’s national correspondent. He previously served as a reporter for Crux. We’re glad to welcome him back home to the United States to join our growing team.