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Thomas Reese
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Senior Analyst at Religion News Service, Jesuit priest, author of "Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church" https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/thomas-reese/
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 4d
My @rns.org column: #PopeLeo embraces Francis’ concerns on #globalwarming and the #environment religionnews.com/2025/10/07/p...
Pope Leo embraces Francis’ concerns on global warming and the environment
(RNS) — ‘The challenges identified in Laudato Si’ are in fact even more relevant today than they were ten years ago.’
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An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...
An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump
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“Why would we talk about ordaining women to the diaconate,” asked Pope Leo, “if the diaconate itself is not yet properly understood and properly developed and promoted within the church?”
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Interview reveals Pope Leo as a careful canon lawyer
(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV is not going to reject the reforms of Pope Francis, but neither is he going to quickly move beyond them.
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OPINION: Unlike Trump, Leo acknowledges the reality of climate change and reaffirmed the church’s commitment to protect God’s creation.
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Pope Leo embraces Francis’ concerns on global warming and the environment
(RNS) — ‘The challenges identified in Laudato Si’ are in fact even more relevant today than they were ten years ago.’
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“God never abandons anyone: not the smallest, not the poorest, not the foreigner, not anyone,” Pope Leo said in his brief remarks in Spanish.
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In private audience Pope Leo XIV encourages Latino Catholics serving fearful US immigrants
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘He treated us like dignitaries. He sent a message by having us there. He lifted us,’ said Elizabeth Román, president of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.
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OPINION: In the United States, Catholics kneel during the Eucharistic prayer while Catholics in the rest of the world stand. Many European churches, especially the older ones, do not even have kneelers.
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The Council of Nicaea forbade kneeling during the Sunday Eucharist
(RNS) — For early Christians, standing was a sign of freedom and Easter joy, because we stand with the risen Lord. Kneeling was seen as a sign of penance.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 8h
Trump administration says immigration crackdown is hurting farmers, food supply. In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply. - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 8h
Billions of Dollars ‘Vanished’: Low-Profile Bankruptcy Rings Alarms on Wall Street www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
Billions of Dollars ‘Vanished’: Low-Profile Bankruptcy Rings Alarms on Wall Street
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 9h
In the Bible's immigrant story, a model for humanizing the vulnerable religionnews.com/2025/10/10/w...
In the Bible's immigrant story, a model for humanizing the vulnerable
(RNS) — As biblical references to immigrants become political slogans, Ruth's story shows how keeping the humanity of immigrants in view changes the debate.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 9h
Bombing has stopped in Gaza, but the tragedy is only beginning religionnews.com/2025/10/10/b...
Bombing has stopped in Gaza, but the tragedy is only beginning
(RNS) — Survival in Gaza is, historically, not followed by recovery, but another round of survival.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 9h
Three US states now recognize Diwali as a holiday religionnews.com/2025/10/10/t...
Three US states now recognize Diwali as a holiday
(RNS) — As of this week, three US states have codified Diwali as a state holiday, offering a framework for excused absences or paid leave for students and employees who wish to celebrate.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 9h
'Cameroon is a powder keg': Catholic bishops challenge nonagenarian president religionnews.com/2025/10/10/c...
'Cameroon is a powder keg': Catholic bishops challenge nonagenarian president
DOUALA, Cameroon (RNS) — Even the president’s daughter, Brenda Biya, urged followers in a plaintive TikTok post not to re-elect him.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 9h
Tomb of former French Justice Minister Badinter defaced with graffiti before Panthéon ceremony religionnews.com/2025/10/10/t...
Tomb of former French Justice Minister Badinter defaced with graffiti before Panthéon ceremony
PARIS (AP) — Badinter, who died last year at age 95, spearheaded the drive to abolish France’s death penalty and campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial. It was also under Badinter’s watc...
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 9h
Palestinians in Gaza express relief and caution as ceasefire deal raises hopes of ending the war religionnews.com/2025/10/10/p...
Palestinians in Gaza express relief and caution as ceasefire deal raises hopes of ending the war
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining 48 hostages, around 20 of them believed to be alive, in exchange for hundreds of ...
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Hundreds of evangelical Christians in Jerusalem to show support for Israel cheer the peace push religionnews.com/2025/10/10/h...
Hundreds of evangelical Christians in Jerusalem to show support for Israel cheer the peace push
JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 1,400 evangelical Christians gathered this week in Jerusalem to show their support for Israel on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a joyous festival marking the fall harvest and...
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d
Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality?
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Archbishop Broglio Encourages the Faithful To Read, Reflect, and Pray With the Message Offered by #PopeLeoXIV in #DilexiTe | @usccbofficial.bsky.social www.usccb.org/news/2025/ar...
Archbishop Broglio Encourages the Faithful To Read, Reflect, and Pray With the Message Offered by Pope Leo XIV in Dilexi Te
“May it call us to renewal of our Church and society so that we learn to approach each person with the same love Christ has for that person.”...
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With Peace Process Underway, Bishop Zaidan Urges Prioritizing Humanitarian Assistance for Gazans | @usccbofficial.bsky.social www.usccb.org/news/2025/pe...
With Peace Process Underway, Bishop Zaidan Urges Prioritizing Humanitarian Assistance for Gazans
“I urge all international partners to urgently prioritize humanitarian assistance for the Gazan people, as well as the rebuilding of the Strip; this will l...
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d
What would Elie Wiesel do today? religionnews.com/2025/10/10/e...
What would Elie Wiesel do today?
(RNS) — To honor Elie Wiesel is not merely to remember what he suffered. It is to take up what he required of others — to see, to speak, to resist.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d
Let's stop pretending human beings are dead when they are clearly alive religionnews.com/2025/10/10/l...
Let's stop pretending human beings are dead when they are clearly alive
(RNS) — Three recent New York Times articles on organ donation point to the insufficiency of our current definitions of death.
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Small communities, big impact: How Renew International fosters synodality www.ncronline.org/news/small-c...
Small communities, big impact: How Renew International fosters synodality
Founded nearly 50 years ago, the nonprofit ministry aims to cultivate what it calls "communion, participation, and mission," training lay leaders while stressing the practical application of Catholic ...
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Pope Leo sides with the poor religionnews.com/2025/10/09/p... @phylliszagano.bsky.social
Pope Leo sides with the poor
(RNS) — The new apostolic exhortation calls out the ‘wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people.’
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d
Tony Evans talks about his next chapter, undisclosed ‘sin’ and new book religionnews.com/2025/10/10/t... @adellembanks.bsky.social
Tony Evans talks about his next chapter, undisclosed ‘sin’ and new book
(RNS) — ‘Whatever life I have left, I want to maximize at the highest possible level for God’s kingdom and for eternity,’ Evans said in an interview with RNS.
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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d
American Jews and Muslims celebrate ceasefire deal, but cautiously religionnews.com/2025/10/09/a... @yonat.bsky.social
American Jews and Muslims celebrate ceasefire deal, but cautiously
(RNS) — Many expressed relief at the prospect of an end to the two-year war but pointed out that ceasefires have been broken before.
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Judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...
Judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists
(RNS) — The suit was primarily brought by journalists who allege they have been targeted by federal agents, but the list of plaintiffs also included the Rev. David Black, a Chicago-area Presbyterian m...
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