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Public Dialogues

The Initiative hosts civil and substantive Public Dialogues on the implications of Catholic social thought in public life and on key domestic and international policy issues involving respected policymakers, journalists, scholars, religious leaders, and other experts. More than 130 Public Dialogues have drawn more than 370,000 people to hear diverse perspectives on faith and politics, Pope Francis and Pope Leo’s leadership, poverty and economics, immigration and environment, human life and dignity, terrorism and peace, roles of women in the Church and society, and other global topics.

Events

Healing Individuals and Communities, Upholding Dignity

Here in the United States, we are seeing an increase of executions coupled with disproportionate incarceration and detention of people of color that violates human dignity and relationships of all involved, including victims of crime and the community at large. This threatens not only individual…

Videos

Deportations and Assaults on Human Dignity (Video)

September 11, 2025

Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes

Pope Leo XIV: What Happened, Why, and What it Means for Catholic Social Thought and U.S. Public Life (Video)

July 10, 2025

Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes

What Happened to America’s Racial Reckoning? Faith, Justice, and CST Five Years after George Floyd (Video)

June 10, 2025

Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes