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Catholic Social Teaching from a Dominican Perspective
Today the Las Casas Institute is launching six short online videos for use in parishes, Sixth-Forms, and University Chaplaincies. Dr Roderick Howlett looks at: (1) What it means to be...
Narnia and the Political Imagination – Recording now LIVE
For those of you who missed the fascinating discussion on Narnia and the Political Imagination between  Dr Michael Ward and Dr Eduardo Gutiérrez González, we recorded the event and it is now...
Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez O.P., 8 June 1928-22 October 2024
Father of Liberation Theology
BREAKING NEWS – Fr Timothy Radcliffe to be made Cardinal
We are delighted that Fr Timothy Radcliffe is to be made a Cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory of 8th December 2024. Fr Timothy is a former Master of...
Blackfriars Fellow is visiting the USA
Hugo Slim from Blackfriars Hall will be visiting Connecticut and Washington DC this coming week and would be very pleased to see some Blackfriars alumni while he is there. Hugo...
Forgotten Voices in Literature and Religion – Conference
Conference on Women Writers. Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, 5th July 2024. Keynote speakers include: Dr Kathryn Lamontagne (Boston University) Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson (University of Cambridge) Professor Emma Mason (University of...
Welcome to the new Communications Assistant at the Las Casas Institute
The Las Casas Institute is delighted to welcome Marystella Ramirez as the new Communications Assistant. Marystella brings a number of years in social media and research. In November she joined...
Humanitarian resistance: its ethical and operational importance
Article by Hugo Slim. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the return of military dictatorship in Myanmar have reminded the world of the importance of humanitarian resistance. In both countries, civilian rescue and relief is being organised by resistance groups that are struggling for victory and humanity in equal measure, and so simultaneously taking sides for human life and human freedom. They ar...
Solferino 21
This year is the 160th anniversary of the publication of Henri Dunant’s seminal humanitarian text A Memory of Solferino in 1862. Dunant’s powerful book famously inspired the launch the International...
Hugo Slim to join the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice
Blackfriars Hall is delighted to announce that Dr Hugo Slim will be joining the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice in July as a Senior Research Fellow. Hugo will build...