Shelter in a storm

A Vatican-related news item: the Rev. Thomas J. Reese has found a new home.

Reese, a Jesuit priest frequently featured in the media as an authority on the American and Roman church hierarchies, garnered national attention last May when he resigned after seven years as editor of America magazine, the Jesuit weekly, over concern from Pope Benedict XVI about the magazine's coverage of controversial issue.

For the last year, Reese has been on sabbatical at Santa Clara University in California; yesterday, Georgetown University announced that it is appointing Reese as a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center. Reese, previously a fellow at the institute from 1985 to 1998, will study contemporary Catholic Church issues, ethics and public policy, and religion and politics.