OSV News
April 10, 2026
Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called off his threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” and agreed to a two-week ceasefire, OSV News spoke with conflict resolution scholar Laurie Nathan of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace 91ÊÓÆµ.
Time
April 10, 2026
Iran’s direct ability to act in the region is limited, notes Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
National Catholic Reporter
April 08, 2026
OPINION | By Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies in the Keough 91ÊÓÆµ of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. A priest ordained by the Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda, he is the co-founder and president of the Bethany Land Institute, a residential training program in integral ecology in rural Uganda.
Bloomberg
Video
April 07, 2026
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara to consider whether President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship was constitutional. Princeton University Center for Migration & Development Research Fellow Phillip Connor and University of Notre Dame Keough 91ÊÓÆµ of Global Affairs Professor Francesc Ortega join Joe Mathieu and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the economic impact the move could have on the country.
The New York Times
April 07, 2026
But anecdotes don’t make a national trend. And experts have urged caution: “These stories are a very small drop in a very large ocean, whose currents have for decades been taking people away from religion,” said David Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame who researches secularization.
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