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Las Casas Term Card Trinity 2026
The term card of events hosted at the Las Casas Institute is now live! We look forward to everyone joining us to exchange ideas and hear from inspiring voices these...
New Publication: Catholic Sisters, Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland, 1968-2008
Dr Briege Rafferty, Research Fellow of the Las Casas Institute and a key part of our Women Religious Project, will publish an in-depth study of Catholic sisters in Northern Ireland...
Fr Zdzislaw on the Dominican Work in Ukraine, Hope, and Action
‘It is important not to say: “this is not our war”‘. In an interview posted to YouTube, the Las Casas Institute sat down with Fr Zdzislaw Szmanda, the director of...
Las Casas in the Public Sphere
The Las Casas Institute has been making an impact in the public sphere recently. Our director, Hugo Slim, participated in an interview with the Global Policy Institute (GPI). An independent...
New Guest Blog: ‘Saving humans and nature together’
The director of the Las Casas Institute, Hugo Slim, has written a fantastic guest blog for The East African, sponsored by the British High Commission. He has recently completed a...
Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought
Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought is a bold reappraisal of the concept of human dignity through the lens of Catholic tradition. Drawing on the biblical notion that human...
Option for the Poor: Foundations & Spirituality
Prof Ian Linden, a member of the Las Casas Advisory Board and a Visiting Professor at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, has written the following blog post reflecting on Liberation Theology...
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