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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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November 27, 2017
Southeast Asia
Questions for Pope Francis’s Trip to Myanmar This Week
In an earlier post today, I noted that there remain many questions about the memorandum of understanding that Dhaka and Naypyidaw have supposedly negotiated, allowing at least some Rohingya to return…
September 16, 2015
Global
The Moral Perspectives and Policy Priorities of Pope Francis
John L. Allen Jr., associate editor of the Boston Globe, discusses Pope Francis’s moral perspectives and policy priorities in advance of the papal visit to the United States.
December 5, 2017
Religion
Pope Francis's Apostolic Visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh
Tom Reese, senior analyst at Religion News Service, discusses Pope Francis's apostolic visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh, as part of CFR’s Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series. Learn m…
June 18, 2015
Vatican City
How to Read Pope Francis on the Environment
The pope’s encyclical on the environment carries a profoundly religious message about care for the earth, wedded to a new call for activism, say religious scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.
April 11, 2024
Military Operations
Protecting U.S. Waterways, Coastlines, and Maritime Infrastructure
Eric Doucette, captain in the U.S. Coast Guard and visiting military fellow at CFR, discusses the primary missions of the coast guard including disaster management, protecting U.S. ports and shorelin…
February 6, 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo
The Papal Theory of Underdevelopment
Pope Francis’ diagnosis of the causes of African underdevelopment is simplistic, condescending, and ahistorical.
