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Emmanuel Katongole

Professor of theology and peace studies

Department of Theology; Keough 91ÊÓÆµ of Global Affairs

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4150 Jenkins And Nanovic Halls
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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ekatongo@nd.edu

Professor of theology and peace studies

  • Global Catholicism
  • Theology and Peace 91ÊÓÆµ
  • Reconciliation
  • Politics and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Political Theology

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ACI Africa

Pope Leo XIV has appointed three Africans with experience in theology, peacebuilding, rural development, humanitarian action and advocacy as Consultors of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The appointees are Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan theologian and peace studies scholar; Omer S. Combary, a Burkinabè economist specializing in agricultural economics and rural development; and Lucy Afandi Esipila, the Kenyan-born Regional Executive Secretary of Caritas Africa.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. They are among a dozen newly named consultors to the Vatican department created by Pope Francis in 2016. The Holy See Press Office on Aug. 18 announced the appointments of the 12 including Father Emmanuel Katongole, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame; Kathryn Koch, president and CEO of the Los Angeles-based international investment firm TCW; and Clemens Sedmak, director of Notre Dame’s Nanovic Institute for European 91ÊÓÆµ.

The three U.S.-linked appointments are: Clemens Sedmak, an Austrian-born professor of social ethics and director of the university's Nanovic Institute for European 91ÊÓÆµ housed in the Keough 91ÊÓÆµ of Global Affairs; Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan native and Notre Dame professor of theology and peace studies, specialized in African theology; and Kathryn Koch, president and CEO of the asset management firm Trust Company of the West who is also a Notre Dame graduate and member of the university's board of trustees.

“I find this trip could not have come at a better time,” said the Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Father Emmanuel Katongole, a priest and professor of theology at University of Notre Dame, about the significance of Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa this week.

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.

“Ten years ago, Pope Francis made a bold call to care for our common home,” said the Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, a Catholic priest and Notre Dame professor of theology and peace studies who co-founded the institute, in his opening remarks.

Monitor (Uganda)

Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, a professor of Theology and Peace 91ÊÓÆµ at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, and lead organiser of the conference, said the participants convening at Bethany Land Institute in Luweero District will reflect on the 10-year journey of implementing Pope Francis' encyclical letter on care of 'Mother Earth' (Laudato Si).

Black Catholic Messenger

An edited volume of essays on the topic of racism, this book comes courtesy of two African priests known for their work in Rome and the United States. Turkson currently serves as chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. [Emmanuel] Katongole, a priest of the Archdiocese of Kampala, serves as a professor of theology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.