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LETTER: Dear DeGioia

LETTER: Dear DeGioia

By Sam Halabi October 13, 2023

On Sunday evening, Oct. 8, President DeGioia sent a message to the Georgetown University community via email.  The letter opened with Pope Francis’s heartfelt message to the world: “Let it...

Rabbi, Colleague of Pope Joins GU Interfaith Tradition as Member of Jewish Studies Faculty

Rabbi, Colleague of Pope Joins GU Interfaith Tradition as Member of Jewish Studies Faculty

By Sophia Lu September 29, 2022

Longtime friend of Pope Francis and leading contemporary facilitator of Catholic-Jewish interreligious dialogue Rabbi Abraham Skorka joined Georgetown’s Center for Jewish Civilization (CJC) this fall...

INITIATIVE ON CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT AND PUBLIC LIFE AT GEORGETOWN/FACEBOOK | In a panel event hosted by the Office of Mission and Ministry and Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life titled “The Francis Factor Today,” Archbishop Wilton Gregory discussed the impacts of Pope Franciss tenure and challenges to his agenda.

Opposition to Pope Undermines Church Authority, Archbishop Says

By Sophie Haber November 22, 2019

Catholic opposition to Pope Francis is scandalous and unprecedented, Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory said at a Nov. 21 panel. The panel focused on the impact Francis has had during his six...

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Pope Accepts Wuerl’s Resignation, Appoints to Interim Role

By Mason Mandell October 18, 2018

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., on Oct. 12. The resignation comes after an August Pennsylvania grand jury report detailed Wuerl’s...

The Vatican Initiates Deeper Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations Against McCarrick

The Vatican Initiates Deeper Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations Against McCarrick

By Mason Mandell October 10, 2018

Pope Francis sanctioned a deeper examination of Vatican archives to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The...

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David Palmieri (SFS 18) was one of seven students and four members of faculty to meet Pope Francis at a conference on nuclear disarmament.

Students Meet Pope at Vatican Nuclear Disarmament Conference

By Erin Doherty November 17, 2017

Pope Francis welcomed seven Georgetown students and four faculty members to Vatican City last weekend for an international conference on nuclear disarmament. The conference, hosted by the Dicastery...

The GOP and the Grand Old Papacy

By Richie Mullaney September 24, 2015

Ask Republicans what they think of Pope Francis and you’ll likely receive strikingly conflicting answers. A recent Gallup survey found that only 45 percent of American conservatives have a favorable...

God Bless Our Metro

God Bless Our Metro

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein September 23, 2015

Well, not so much God. Pope bless our Metro. If you haven't heard, don't own Snapchat or are just oblivious, the Pope is in town. Yes, that is right, the Holy Father is in the building (and, by building,...

Pope Francis’s Biographer Talks About New Book

By Andrew Wallender December 5, 2014

British journalist and author Austen Ivereigh spoke about Pope Francis’s rise to the papacy and read from his biography Francis, titled “The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope”...

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Concert Celebrates Papal Canonization

By Michelle Xu May 6, 2014

Georgetown partnered with other D.C. organizations to host a concert, titled "Peace Through Music 'In Our Age,'" which commemorated the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. The concert,...

Pope Francis’ Influence Reaches Georgetown

By Nick Simon March 7, 2014

Already nicknamed “Francis the Frugal” by international media in the 11 months since his elevation to the papacy, Pope Francis has influenced global political thinking and prompted interfaith conversation...

Taking Pride and Joy in Catholic Identity

By Chris Cannataro September 27, 2013

In his book, “Idea of a University,” Cardinal John Henry Newman states that “the human spirit must be cultivated in such a way that there results a growth in its ability to wonder, to understand,...

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