Thomas Reese, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:11:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Thomas Reese, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 You need to abandon God to find God https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/you-need-to-abandon-god-to-find-god/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/you-need-to-abandon-god-to-find-god/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:02:49 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164544 (RNS) — Our understanding of God has to mature as we do.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/you-need-to-abandon-god-to-find-god/feed/ 0 Breathe your spirit into the dry bones of your church https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/breathe-your-spirit-into-the-dry-bones-of-your-church/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/breathe-your-spirit-into-the-dry-bones-of-your-church/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:27:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163595 (RNS) — People are leaving the church in droves. Seminaries and religious houses are closing or are half empty.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/breathe-your-spirit-into-the-dry-bones-of-your-church/feed/ 0 If women cannot be deacons, we should stop ordaining men deacons https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/if-women-cannot-be-deacons-we-should-stop-ordaining-men-deacons/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/if-women-cannot-be-deacons-we-should-stop-ordaining-men-deacons/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:30:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162561 (RNS) — There is nothing a deacon can do that a layperson can't.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/if-women-cannot-be-deacons-we-should-stop-ordaining-men-deacons/feed/ 0 Religion and politics, pluses and minuses https://religionnews.com/2024/08/12/religion-and-politics-pluses-and-minuses/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/12/religion-and-politics-pluses-and-minuses/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:03:54 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161753 (RNS) — Christian nationalism and Catholic integralism suffer from the temptation to arrogantly believe only they know God’s will.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/12/religion-and-politics-pluses-and-minuses/feed/ 0 Beware of false prophets https://religionnews.com/2024/08/06/beware-false-prophets/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/06/beware-false-prophets/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:59:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4160795 (RNS) — False prophets tell us that global warming will not happen, microplastics do not cause cancer, guns will protect us, and the poor need to suffer to motivate them to work.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/06/beware-false-prophets/feed/ 0 Bishops accuse Olympics of anti-Catholicism https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/bishops-accuse-olympics-of-anti-catholicism/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/bishops-accuse-olympics-of-anti-catholicism/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:33:18 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159792 (RNS) — Catholic critics saw this as another example of how Catholics are open season for attacks by liberal elites.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/bishops-accuse-olympics-of-anti-catholicism/feed/ 0 The Democratic convention is looking more like a papal conclave https://religionnews.com/2024/07/23/democratic-convention-looking-more-like-a-conclave/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/23/democratic-convention-looking-more-like-a-conclave/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:29:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4158620 (RNS) — The convention delegates are now free to vote their consciences like the cardinals in conclave.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/23/democratic-convention-looking-more-like-a-conclave/feed/ 0 New working document points the way for October synod https://religionnews.com/2024/07/15/new-working-document-points-the-way-for-october-synod/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/15/new-working-document-points-the-way-for-october-synod/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:01:49 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4157383 (RNS) — We need to experience synodality to truly understand it, just as we need to experience love to understand it.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/15/new-working-document-points-the-way-for-october-synod/feed/ 0 Eucharistic Revival and synodality https://religionnews.com/2024/07/08/eucharistic-revival-and-synodality/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/08/eucharistic-revival-and-synodality/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2024 22:09:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156581 (RNS) — Synodality is about communion, participation and mission; so, too, is the Eucharist. Too bad the Eucharistic Revival is not.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/08/eucharistic-revival-and-synodality/feed/ 0 An old president and an old pope https://religionnews.com/2024/07/02/an-old-president-and-an-old-pope/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/02/an-old-president-and-an-old-pope/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:35:36 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155744 (RNS) — One used television to remind us that age brings wisdom. The other reminded us of the benefits of political bosses.

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