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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The enduring legacy of Kashmir’s poet-saints who built bridges between faiths(The Conversation) — Kashmir’s history as a center of learning and the arts for Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims offers another way of understanding the region – one shaped by centuries of religious coex...religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/08/03/w...
Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year(The Conversation) — Each year, millions of Shiite Muslims walk to Karbala to honor Husayn, the prophet’s grandson, whose death continues to shape their faith.religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/08/03/a...
As progressives seek to take on inequality, some cite religion as a motivating factorDETROIT (AP) — Though there was no shortage of levity, a sense of urgency filled the Detroit meeting room as Abdul El-Sayed, a former gubernatorial candidate who is running as a Democrat for the U.S. ...religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/08/03/i...
Israelis worry about weakening connection with younger Jewish AmericansJERUSALEM (AP) — Since 2000, Taglit-Birthright Israel has brought a million Jewish young adults from the United States and elsewhere for a free 10-day “discovery” tour of Israel. The organization’s CE...religionnews.comMy @rns.org column: Why Black Southerners should become Republicans religionnews.com/2026/08/03/b...
Why Black Southerners should become Republicans(RNS) — If you want political power in the South, you have to vote in Republican primaries.religionnews.comMy brother died a year ago Sunday. Miss him. religionnews.com/2025/08/19/e...
Edward A. Reese, S.J., 1942-2025, RIP(RNS) — Eddie left this world surrounded by love. I was privileged to be his brother. I will miss him.religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/07/31/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social
After SSPX schism, some Catholics urge greater access to the older Latin Mass(RNS) — Many of the 2% of U.S. Catholics who attend the traditional Latin Mass weekly surmount considerable obstacles, like long drives and disapproval from the Catholic hierarchy, to attend.religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/07/31/j... @fiona-ndre.bsky.social
Jewish New Yorkers on antisemitism, safety and the city's first anti-Zionist mayor(RNS) — 'Jewish New Yorkers are being asked to carry the weight of a conflict thousands of miles away, regardless of our individual beliefs, backgrounds or politics,' said Dan Haddad, a Brooklyn resid...religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/07/31/f...
Fringe Israeli settler group is sneaking into Syria to try to claim land for a Jewish outpostNAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Israel's military has occupied the area in southern Syria for more than a year, but forays by civilian settler groups into the region have only recently became a regular occurr...religionnews.comWhat Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o... @nickkristof.bsky.social
Opinion | What Our Epstein Outrage Has ObscuredIt’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.www.nytimes.comThe Problem With Political Christianity www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o... @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Opinion | Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too PoliticalDoes Gen Z feel welcome at church?www.nytimes.comreligionnews.com/2026/07/30/p... @adellembanks.bsky.social
Progressive National Baptist young people see signs of welcome but seek less judgmentWASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I feel like also seasoned adults complain about what we're wearing,’ said one teen about her historically Black denomination.religionnews.comreligionnews.com/2026/07/30/w... @jackjenkins.me
The House vote that split Jewish Democrats and is reshaping alliances(RNS) — 'I think it's a sign of health, as well as inevitable, that the Jewish members of Congress would approach this vote from different perspectives,' Rep. Jamie Raskin said.religionnews.com
