Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future - Pope Francis Looks Beyond the COVID Pandemic

In his new book, "Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future...", Pope Francis sees the COVID crisis as a spiritual challenge which will leave us either better or worse as persons and society.  It will, "reveal your own heart: how solid it is, how merciful, how big or small".  Fr. Reese will talk about the topics discussed by Pope Francis that are of special concern to Americans: COVID pandemic, military spending, abortion, police violence, the treatment of migrants and refugees, protest movements and the role of women.

The Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a Jesuit priest, is a Senior Analyst at RNS. Previously he was a columnist at the National Catholic Reporter (2015-17) and an associate editor (1978-85) and editor in chief (1998-2005) at America magazine. He was also a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University (1985-98 & 2006-15) where he wrote Archbishop, A Flock of Shepherds, and Inside the Vatican. Earlier he worked as a lobbyist for tax reform. He has a doctorate in political science from the University of California Berkeley. He entered the Jesuits in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1974 after receiving a M.Div from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.