Thomas Reese
@thomasreesesj.bsky.social
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
Pinned
US bishops must face challenges in the American church and society
(RNS) — If the bishops could speak with one voice united with the pope, they would project a moral voice worth listening to.
religionnews.com
My @rns.org column: US bishops must face challenges in the American church and society religionnews.com/2025/11/05/u... @usccbofficial.bsky.social
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’ religionnews.com/2025/11/12/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’
(RNS) — The bishops approved an immigration statement with 216 in favor, five opposed and three abstentions.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’ religionnews.com/2025/11/12/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
T.D. Jakes moves from pastoring to podcasting as his next focus religionnews.com/2025/11/12/t...
T.D. Jakes moves from pastoring to podcasting as his next focus
(RNS) — The announcement of the podcast stated that Jakes will also be telling more of his own story.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
T.D. Jakes moves from pastoring to podcasting as his next focus religionnews.com/2025/11/12/t...
RNS Photos of the Week: World's largest Orthodox church, Dev Deepawali religionnews.com/2025/11/12/p...
Photos of the Week: World's largest Orthodox church, Dev Deepawali
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes opening the world's largest Orthodox church, Dev Deepawali commemorations and more.
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
RNS Photos of the Week: World's largest Orthodox church, Dev Deepawali religionnews.com/2025/11/12/p...
Israel confirms receiving the remains of a soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 religionnews.com/2025/11/12/i...
Israel confirms receiving the remains of a soldier killed in Gaza in 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The 23-year-old was killed two hours after a ceasefire took effect in that year’s war between Israel and Hamas. Goldin’s family waged a public campaign for 11 years to bring ho...
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Israel confirms receiving the remains of a soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 religionnews.com/2025/11/12/i...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism religionnews.com/2025/11/12/i...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Nov. 9, 1938, attack was a stark turning point in the escalating persecution that led to the killing of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis and their supporters during the Holoca...
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism religionnews.com/2025/11/12/i...
Read 3 Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read 3 Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump
House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald J. Trump knew more ...
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Read 3 Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion religionnews.com/2025/11/12/w...
What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
(The Conversation) — The term ‘pro-life’ can seem simple – but how Americans and advocacy groups interpret it varies widely.
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion religionnews.com/2025/11/12/w...
Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide religionnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide
(The Conversation) — Controversies often arise over pharmacists refusing to dispense medication, from Plan B to unproven COVID-19 treatments. Each one raises questions about professional rights and re...
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide religionnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism religionnews.com/2025/11/12/i...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Nov. 9, 1938, attack was a stark turning point in the escalating persecution that led to the killing of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis and their supporters during the Holoca...
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism religionnews.com/2025/11/12/i...
How All Saints’ Day brought me grief, then hope this year religionnews.com/2025/11/11/h... @karenswallowprior.bsky.social
How All Saints’ Day brought me grief, then hope this year
(RNS) — Just as the Christian faith is a story rooted in time, so, too, are our lives’ stories rooted in time.
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How All Saints’ Day brought me grief, then hope this year religionnews.com/2025/11/11/h... @karenswallowprior.bsky.social
'I was not the right kind of Jew,' says US Jewish teen deported from #Israel religionnews.com/2025/11/11/i... @yonat.bsky.social
'I was not the right kind of Jew,' says US Jewish teen deported from Israel
(RNS) — Since its founding in 1948, Israel has welcomed American Jews and encouraged their immigration. Now certain Jews supporting Palestinians, like Leila Stillman-Utterman, are deported.
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
'I was not the right kind of Jew,' says US Jewish teen deported from #Israel religionnews.com/2025/11/11/i... @yonat.bsky.social
Bishops publicly lament #Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice religionnews.com/2025/11/11/b... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
Bishops publicly lament Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice
BALTIMORE (RNS) — On the heels of the pope’s admonitions, there was a great deal of anticipation for how the bishops would approach immigration at their November meeting, the first since Leo’s electio...
religionnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Bishops publicly lament #Trump deportation policies after pope urges stronger voice religionnews.com/2025/11/11/b... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social #USCCB25
US Catholic bishops elect Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as conference president religionnews.com/2025/11/11/u... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social @usccbofficial.bsky.social
US Catholic bishops elect Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as conference president
BALTIMORE (RNS) — As the secretary of the USCCB since 2022 and the most senior member of leadership young enough to take the presidency, Coakley had been considered the favorite.
religionnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
US Catholic bishops elect Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as conference president religionnews.com/2025/11/11/u... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social @usccbofficial.bsky.social
Jewish identity doesn't need a disclaimer religionnews.com/2025/11/11/j...
Jewish identity doesn't need a disclaimer
(RNS) — On being Jewish without equivocation.
religionnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jewish identity doesn't need a disclaimer religionnews.com/2025/11/11/j...
US bishops must face the challenges of a church and nation falling apart www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
US bishops must face the challenges of a church and nation falling apart
If the U.S. bishops, meeting in Baltimore this week, could speak with one voice united with the pope, they would project a moral voice worth listening to.
www.ncronline.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
US bishops must face the challenges of a church and nation falling apart www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...
Pope calls for courage, consensus as COP30 climate summit opens in Brazil www.ncronline.org/news/pope-ca...
Pope calls for courage, consensus as COP30 climate summit opens in Brazil
The U.N. meeting in the Amazon runs Nov. 10-21. It comes a decade after the Paris Agreement, a historic deal where for the first time nearly 200 countries committed to reducing heat-trapping greenhous...
www.ncronline.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Pope calls for courage, consensus as COP30 climate summit opens in Brazil www.ncronline.org/news/pope-ca...
religionnews.com/2025/11/10/b... Updates
UK journalist Sami Hamdi to be released from ICE detention
(RNS) — Lawyers representing Hamdi challenged his detention in federal court, arguing that holding a journalist after an unexplained visa revocation raised First Amendment and due process concerns.
religionnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
religionnews.com/2025/11/10/b... Updates
Meet the missionaries who are living the ‘Ignatius option’ - America Magazine www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/0... @usccbofficial.bsky.social #USCCB25
Meet the missionaries who are living the ‘Ignatius option’
The motivation for withdrawal in the Ignatius option is formation for mission rather than countercultural resistance.
www.americamagazine.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Meet the missionaries who are living the ‘Ignatius option’ - America Magazine www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/0... @usccbofficial.bsky.social #USCCB25