Marcel Uwineza is a Jesuit priest from Rwanda and a PhD candidate in systematic theology at Boston College, Jesuit University. He is particularly interested in the relationship between the Church and human rights, religion and international politics. Before beginning his graduate studies, he worked at the African Jesuit AIDS Network as Assistant Director. He also worked with the Jesuit Refugee Service after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He later served at Regina Pacis parish in Kigali, Rwanda. He has spoken at different universities including Boston University, Creighton University, Tufts University, Rivier University, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Boston College (Jesuit University), and most recently at the United Nations General Assembly. Uwineza has received degrees in Philosophy, African Studies, Theology, and Management from the University of Zimbabwe, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Marquette University, and Boston College. He has published more than ten articles in scholarly journals. He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation on “Reconciling Memories: Theology from a Place of Wounds in the theologies of Aquinas and Rahner.”