Thomas Reese

Which James speaks for you: Carville or Talarico? Both Democrats oppose Trump, but the political consultant and the U.S. Senate candidate take different rhetorical lines.

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White House's religious liberty push is exactly what James Madison feared The early correspondence of James Madison – who went on to become the fourth U.S president and played a key role in the drafting of the Constitution and Bill of Rights – wrestles with the tensions of ...

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Disruption, empathy and transcendence: Why so many religions fast ‘Fasting gives us both an opportunity, I think, to sort of channel our spiritual practices, but also to remind us of our mortality in a way that we simply don’t have in the 21st century,’ said author ...

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Pope Leo XIV more favorable than Trump in new NBC News poll U.S. voters view Pope Leo XIV more favorably than President Trump, political parties or artificial intelligence, according to a recent NBC News survey.

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How to use the classroom as a place to confront antisemitism without deepening divisions Confronting antisemitism requires more than denunciation.

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The goal of National Women's History Month should be to make misogyny history Imagine what women could accomplish if they did not have to contend with misogyny every day.

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Today’s obsession with authenticity isn’t new – being true to yourself has troubled philosophers for centuries Contemporary culture seems obsessed with authenticity – but the question of how to be ‘sincere’ in modern society has troubled philosophers for centuries.

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How one Chinese American healed from growing up in Western evangelicalism The book, releasing April 7, uses the Japanese art of Kintsugi — repairing broken pottery with gold — as a metaphor for a faith that acknowledges wounds rather than hiding them.

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Where things stand after another weekend of war The Islamic Republic's war strategy now has a new commander, and the powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has pledged allegiance.

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Muslim leaders call closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan politically motivated Worshippers' access to Israel’s holy sites came to a sudden halt last week amid safety concerns as Iran retaliated to the joint US-Israeli attack.

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Opinion | The Future We Feared Is Already Here

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Opinion | James Talarico Is a Christian X-Ray

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Leo’s journeys: tracing a wounded world’s map- UCA News Pope Leo XIV announces a series of historic apostolic journeys for 2026, including Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Spain, and a symbolic visit to Lampedusa on July 4th. Explore how these...

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Church's digital mission deserves serious attention- UCA News Analysis of the Vatican's new digital mission report, focusing on inculturation, synodality, and the challenge to territorial church structures.

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Closing Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan sets a dangerous precedent Muslims fear that Israel, which said the closure was over security, will misuse the situation to further tighten the Israeli police grip on the mosque and its management.

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Explosives thrown near New York City mayor’s residence investigated as ‘ISIS-related terrorism’ The devices were hurled during raucous counterprotests Saturday near Gracie Mansion during a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event led by the far right activist Jake Lang.

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In interview, Cardinal McElroy says U.S. entry into war with Iran ‘not morally legitimate,’ citing Catholic just war teaching - Catholic Standard

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Deportations surge, aid collapses and faith groups in Latin America struggle to respond 'There simply isn’t enough capacity even for the local community. It’s much harder with a population that has been abandoned in places that are extremely difficult,' said Karen Perez, the country dire...

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Deportations surge, aid collapses and faith groups in Latin America struggle to respond 'There simply isn’t enough capacity even for the local community. It’s much harder with a population that has been abandoned in places that are extremely difficult,' said Karen Perez, the country dire...

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Trump's treatment of the vulnerable shifted the US Catholic bishops' politics The only possible savior of this relationship is the Democrats' ability to push the bishops back into the Republican camp.

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In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants.

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‘Greed and Bigotry!’ Obama Goes OFF on Trump at Jesse Jackson’s Funeral Former President Barack Obama sounded off on President Donald Trump and his administration at Reverend Jesse Jackson's funeral on Friday.

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The moral danger of war with Iran — and the danger of ignoring evil Two moral teachers and a handful of lessons that we need now.

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The Deepak Chopra-Jeffrey Epstein friendship tells of a spirituality industry in crisis Chopra’s friendship with Epstein is dismaying, in part for what it says about the spiritual and wellness culture he exemplifies.

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Pope Leo XIV taps career Vatican diplomat Archbishop Caccia as representative to the US Caccia, the Holy See's observer at the United Nations since 2019, replaces Cardinal Christophe Pierre as papal nuncio.

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'A lie from the pit of hell': Episcopal leaders push back on rumors of fatal decline CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — More than 850 Episcopal Church leaders gathered in Charlotte to talk about the future of the church and what the denomination still has to offer.

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Opposing ICE actions against migrants—without dehumanizing ICE agents I help immigrants file complaints about ICE abuse, but I’ve become increasingly uneasy as I watch protestors employ the tools of the oppressor: mockery and dehumanization.

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Israeli family who buried 3 of their children after missile attack clings to faith They were among nine people killed Sunday when an Iranian missile strike demolished a synagogue and homes in Beit Shemesh.

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Conservative Anglican bishops seek 'disengagement' from Canterbury without naming rival leader Weeks before the first female archbishop of Canterbury is installed, the group of prelates known as GAFCON elected leaders to exercise 'principled disengagement' from the historic center of Anglicanis...

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Cardinal Parolin on Iran war: ‘The force of law has been replaced by the law of force’ “Justice has given way to force; the force of law has been replaced by the law of force, with the conviction that peace can arise only after the enemy has been annihilated.”

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