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 ...

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University of Hamburg history professor Friedrich (The Birth of the Archive) delivers a fast-paced and richly researched history of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits. Starting with ...

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 ...

They numbered 20,408 at the start of the 21st century, and their 400-year history is marked by crisis, accomplishment and persecution. They are the Jesuits, the Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of ...

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 ...

Enslaved people lived in the crowded log cabin in the left foreground of this picture. They built the white frame building, which served as the St. Regis Indian School in the 19th century, and later ...

When Onondaga Nation faithkeeper Oren Lyons accepts an honorary degree Sunday, May 20, at Le Moyne College, the Jesuit institution will recognize his international advocacy for indigenous peoples, ...