KNX-AM Radio | Pope Francis Battles to Overcome Health Issues
“I think he will decide when he needs to resign,” said Father Thomas Rausch, professor of Catholic theology at LMU. “He’s made it very clear that he would if he could no longer carry…
CBS-LA, NBC-4 | LMU Faculty Experts Discuss Pope Francis’ Legacy
LMU professors Cecilia González-Andrieu and Thomas Rausch, S.J. were interviewed by local broadcast media outlets about the impact and influence of Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in Rome. “Everyone’s coming together to pray for…
America | The Move Away from the Latin Mass Was About More than Aesthetics
Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., emeritus T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology at LMU, wrote this reflection of the Eucharist. Source: America The Move Away from the Latin Mass Was About More than Aesthetics
USA Today | Confession to a Computer? Experts Say ‘AI Jesus’ Can’t Perform Sacrament | Fact check
Rev. Thomas Rausch, a professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, told USA TODAY the installation is in no way a substitute for or equivalent to the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation. He noted that…
Trump, the ‘Religious Right’ and White Christian Nationalism
America, The Jesuit Review: Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., emeritus T. Marie Chilton professor of Catholic theology at Loyola Marymount University, writes, “Today, any challenge to an honest telling of America’s history of racial prejudice…
Christians Are Dying for Their Faith All Around the World. Do U.S. Catholics Care?
America Magazine — Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., Distinguished Scholar in Religion at Loyola Marymount University, writes, “Acknowledging the number of Christians killed because of religious persecution since the turn of the century, Pope Francis…
Pope Francis Said the Papacy Is ‘For Life.’ Does That Mean He Should Never Resign?
America: Thomas Rausch, S.J., professor emeritus of theology at Loyola Marymount University, was also surprised by what the comments seemed to imply about the pope’s decision-making: “It did not sound like Francis, who, Jesuit…
