For two days last week, the campus enjoyed a remarkable moment in international and intra-Jesuit relations. Sophia University’s president, vice president and Jesuit chancellor led a delegation of ...

Events from this week in Christian history include the death of Richard Harvey Cain, Spain dissolving the Jesuit order, and ...

Internationally recognized scholar and author John W. Padberg, S.J., was presented with the George E. Ganss, S.J. Award, which recognizes a person's significant scholarly contributions to the field of ...

Monday, I started my review of Jesuit Fr. David Collins' wonderful new book, The Jesuits in the United States: A Concise History. Today, we will pick up where we left off, in the early 19th century, ...

ST. LOUIS — On Aug. 28, 2023, members of the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved (DSLUE) non-profit organization launched a petition urging St. Louis University to atone for the ...

VATICAN CITY -- When former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, an Argentine Jesuit, walked onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica last week as the new Pope Francis, he transformed the history of Roman ...

Speaking at a campus forum on Jesuit and Catholic education, University President William P. Leahy, S.J., extolled the far-reaching vision of Jesuit founder Saint Ignatius of Loyola that continues to ...

Writers and historians who study the Jesuits have an unusual problem: too much information. The Society of Jesus was arguably the world’s first global nonprofit organization, with a geographic ...

The suppression and subsequent restoration of the Society of Jesus shows the importance of discernment and trusting in God even in tribulation, rather than relying on one's own cunning or dwelling on ...

Whenever the church puts itself in situations that compromise its integrity and authenticity in proclaiming the Gospel, the historian places matters in perspective. Jesuit Fr. John W. O'Malley, who ...