Emmanuel Katongole
Department of Theology; Keough School of Global Affairs
Professor of theology and peace studies
- Global Catholicism
- Theology and Peace Studies
- Reconciliation
- Politics and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Political Theology
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Pope Leo XIV Appoints Ugandan Priest, Kenyan and Burkinabè Professionals to Vatican Development Dicastery
September 08, 2026
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.
OSV News
3 US-based leaders among 12 consultors named to Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
September 08, 2026
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 Studies.
National Catholic Reporter
Pope Leo names 3 Notre Dame-affiliated experts to advise major Vatican office
August 18, 2026
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 Studies housed in the Keough School 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.
Religion News Service
Pope Leo arrives in Africa with message of peace, unity amid global tensions
April 14, 2026
“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
Pope Leo to visit Africa, where the church says it's growing the fastest
April 14, 2026
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.
National Catholic Reporter
Pope Leo is not traveling to bring hope to Africa, but to find hope
April 08, 2026
OPINION | By Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies in the Keough School 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.
Religion News Service
Ten years after Pope Francis' Laudato Si', Catholic ecologists assess its impact on Africa
August 01, 2025
“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)
Vatican’s Cardinal Turkson to grace environment conference in Uganda
July 21, 2025
Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, a professor of Theology and Peace Studies 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
Black Catholic books of note (2025 edition)
March 07, 2025
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.