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Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., is the Emeritus T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
FaithFaith and Reason
Thomas P. Rausch
With an important election coming in 2024, white Christian nationalism is emerging as a serious threat to our democracy.
Pope Francis greets Janada Marcus, a survivor of Christian persecution in Nigeria, after his general audience on March 8, 2023. She is accompanied by Father Joseph Bature Fidelis, director of a trauma center for victims of terrorism in Nigeria, and by Maria Joseph, another survivor. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithNews Analysis
Thomas P. Rausch
Pope Francis has announced a commission to identify new martyrs, and in its latest report, Open Doors International has identified 76 countries where Christians suffer “high and extreme levels of persecution.”
FaithExplainer
Thomas P. Rausch
Papal infallibility is not always properly understood. Some on the right think that the magisterium can resolve every question or problem with a declaration. Those on the left often grow impatient and dispute its interventions.
FaithFaith and Reason
Thomas P. Rausch
It is not sufficient for contemporary Catholics simply to repeat the formulas of the past.
Arts & CultureBooks
Thomas P. Rausch
Two recent books by Benjamin McKean and Vincent Bevins show the violence done to developing countries in the name of economic prosperity and U.S. political hegemony.
Arts & CultureBooks
Thomas P. Rausch
Two new books show that Christian approaches to salvation are not as monolithic as one might think.
FaithFaith and Reason
Thomas P. Rausch
The work of IOTA could help move the ecumenical movement forward. IOTA plans to meet every four years, on the model of the Olympics. It could become a blessing for all the church.
Arts & CultureBooks
Thomas P. Rausch
Review of Ross Douthat's latest book, "To Change the Church." While the church always strives to honor what Jesus said about divorce and remarriage, it has made pastoral accommodations since its earliest days.
Arts & CultureBooks
Thomas P. Rausch
The Islamic Jesus draws on the presentation of Christ in the Quran to find new common ground for the People of the Book. 
REUNION. Pope Francis waves during a special audience with members of the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships at the Vatican, Oct. 31.
Thomas P. Rausch
In the West there are new obstacles to ecumenism.