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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/author/tomreese/ https://bsky.app/profile/rns.org
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My @rns.org column: Is church unity worth a Latin Mass? religionnews.com/2026/02/05/i...
Is church unity worth a Latin Mass?
(RNS) — They should know that we are Christians by our love, not know that we are Catholics by our fights.
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How MAGA's anti-empathy campaign upends Christian morality
(RNS) — Throughout history, Christianity has been bent into strange shapes to suit someone’s need for power.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Catholic congressional Dems rebuke Mike Johnson's biblical defense of ICE
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Their Friday (Feb. 13) statement, led by Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, outlines a series of Catholic social teaching principles that the lawmakers say they consider when approachin...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Why fewer Latin Americans claim religion — but still pray and believe
(RNS) — ‘The idea that you are only one religion is very North Atlantic,’ said religion sociologist Gustavo Morello.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Yahrzeit glasses, a kitchen mystery and a recipe for generations
(RNS and NPR) — Using candles to mark the yahrzeit, the anniversary of a death, is mentioned in Jewish tradition as far back as the Middle Ages. But the mass-produced glass holders came later.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Vatican warns SSPX bishop ordinations without papal approval would cause schism
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said he proposed a path for dialogue and full communion to the leader of SSPX at a meeting on Thursday.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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New Christian artists push genre boundaries with rap, Afrobeats and R&B
(AP) — Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with independent labels or by uploading self-made songs to streaming platforms. Now, bigger labels and streaming services are catchin...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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My @rns.org column at @ncronline.bsky.social: Trump is destroying America — he must be stopped www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
Trump is destroying America — he must be stopped
At the ballot booth and in the streets, we must show that nonviolent collective action is still alive in America. What is at stake is the soul of our nation.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
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February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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What is and isn’t new about US bishops’ criticism of Trump’s foreign policy
The Catholic Church’s teachings on ‘just war’ have guided leaders’ long history of opposing many military interventions.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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National Guard troops were quietly withdrawn from some U.S. cities
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof
(RNS) — ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ the Chic...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Poll: US Jews see a rise in antisemitism, but few are personally targeted
(RNS) — Though the vast majority have not personally been subject to antisemitism, 66% said they felt less secure.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Charges dropped against some clergy arrested for protesting DHS in Chicago
(RNS — The state attorney’s office of Cook County, Illinois, announced it was dropping charges against 19 of the 21 people who were arrested at a demonstration in Broadview, Illinois, in November.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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As Walk for Peace reaches DC, Buddhist monks share interfaith message with thousands
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Dominga Hobbs, who lives in Colombia and lost her husband in the past year, said, ‘I’m here for me, for my family, and to honor the monks for this extraordinary effort. My husband b...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Might Does Not Always Make Right, or Even Sense
COMMENTARY: American foreign policy has always sought to advance the national interest, which means it has always had a realist component. But the 'national interest' is not a concept somehow outside ...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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The US Catholic bishops have spoken out about racism. Have they spoken up for women?
(RNS) — Are the bishops cowed into submission by the false notion that women do not image Christ?
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February 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how faith and politics reshaped a generation
(The Conversation) — The 2011 revolution transformed religious life in unexpected ways – especially among some young Egyptians.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Wiley Drake, pastor who championed 1990s SBC Disney boycott, has died
(RNS) — Drake, a fixture at SBC meetings, was a culture warrior, a biblical inerrantist and a fierce fighter for what he thought was right — including feuding with city officials who wanted to shut do...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Photos of the Week: Bulgarian saint of beekeepers feast, monks arrive in DC
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February 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Israel's president visits Sydney's Bondi Beach massacre site and meets victims' families
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — President Isaac Herzog laid the wreath and two stones he had brought from Jerusalem at the rain-swept Bondi Pavillion near the site of the massacre.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Pakistan says Afghanistan has created conditions ‘similar to or worse than’ pre-9/11 attacks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Asif Ali Zardari made the remarks while thanking the international community for condemning Friday's suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 31 worshippers and wounded 169.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Israeli strikes kill 3 people in Gaza, hospital says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Shifa Hospital reported the deaths amid the months-old ceasefire that has seen continued fighting.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM