Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

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Overcoming Poverty as a Moral Imperative and National Priority: Towards “A Better Kind of Politics”

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Kim Daniels joins John Carr as Co-Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University

Black Women and Criminal (In)justice: Missing Voices in the U.S. Incarceration Conversation

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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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2021

Overcoming Poverty as a Moral Imperative and National Priority: Towards “A Better Kind of Politics” Event

On March 1, the day of the dialogue, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream.

Pope Francis insists “The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from…

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2021

Black Women and Criminal (In)justice Event

Jan
14

2021

Faith and the Faithful in a Time of National Crisis and New Leadership Event

Jan
8

2021

Killing in Our Name: Federal Executions and Pro-life Witness Event

Dec
10

2020

The McCarrick Report: Findings, Lessons, and Directions Event

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Pope Francis embraces a young boy during his visit to Washington, DC in September 2015

Twelve Themes from Fratelli Tutti by John Carr

John Carr offers 12 themes from Pope Francis' new encyclical: "Fratelli Tutti is a powerful expression of faith in a time of doubt, a call to hope in a time of fear, and a challenge to love in at a time of anger and division."

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I helped write the bishops’ first document on Catholics and voting. Here’s why I’m voting Biden, not Trump.

Initiative director John Carr wrote an article for America on the U.S. Catholic Bishops' document "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship" and political homelessness in the 2020 presidential election. On why he's voting for Joe Biden, Carr says, “Character, competence, honesty, and integrity are crucial."

Pope Francis and the Reform of the Church

On August 31 Georgetown University and La Civiltà Cattolica, a prominent Jesuit journal in Rome, hosted a webinar to discuss the challenges facing Pope Francis in his efforts to reform the Church and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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