Mourning the death of two stars of church and academia.

A group of schismatic African priests is looking for a new Pope to call their own one who shares their belief that priests should be allowed to marry Egyptian forces raid camps occupied by pro-Morsi protestors death toll is being reported very differently by both sides In Birmingham Alabama this

In his Autobiography St Ignatius of Loyola wrote ldquo he sat down for a little while with his face to the river mdash Cardoner mdash which was running deep While he was seated there the eyes of his understanding began to be opened though he did not see any vision he understood and knew many

'You Will Be My Son' raises morals issues that we could talk about for years.

Brother Gros participated in an untold number of dialogues with religious groups.

Will Catholic colleges and universities negotiate with their adjunct faculty members?

Before I entered the Jesuits in 1988 I worked for six years at General Electric in their finance department Before that I studied at the Wharton School of Business where I majored in finance which also meant taking courses in accounting management securities bonds and real estate nbsp Why a

The United States State Department creates the nbsp Office for Engagement with Faith-Based Communities nbsp headed by Shaun Casey professor of Christian ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary nbsp North Carolina is sued after Gov Patrick McCrory signed a voting reform bill requiring strict photo

We have transcribed our interview with Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent on the morality of baseball. You can listen to the interview here or read it below.

A number of people have asked me about Jesuit formation, particularly the nomenclature, and the way that Jesuits refer to one another at various stages. So here goes. 

The study of 1 Thessalonians offered here is in the form of a traditional commentary although secondary scholarship is engaged more intermittently than would be the case in a commentary published in a regular print series This is the eighth entry in the online commentary on 1 Thessalonians In the

Before the popes both the Venerable Paul VI and the Blessed John Paul II began to travel it was possible to debate the pope rsquo s popularity among the Latin American people Distant situated on another continent object of insufficient catechesis that produced myths and religious prejudice Ca

The Jesuit Refugee Service partners with Boston College to promote reconciliation in the lives of refugees in Cambodia Syria Colombia the Democratic Republic of the Congo Indonesia and the Philippines nbsp Ireland will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by the Bishops of Ireland on

St Anthony of the Desert the fourth century Egyptian founder of monasticism had a conversion experience unlikely to occur today at least not easily What happened He found himself surprised at Mass After the death of his parents Anthony was questioning the course of his life wondering what t

In Kenya an intern at with the Jesuit Commons Higher Education at the Margins program reflects on the positive impact the program has at the Kakuma refugee camp nbsp On 2013 Interfatih Day in London Jesuit Mission Volunteers are welcomed into other faith communities nbsp The U S church sees con

The negative rhetoric arising on so many fronts about immigrants living in our country and as we discuss how to fix a badly broken immigration system is both sad and deafening. Blame and damnation are heaped upon the heads of our immigrant brothers and sisters, while scant attention is paid to their

It turns out that my week of blogging for America is this week when our entire family is on the Outer Banks of North Carolina Our family has grown from a bunch of kids and us in an overloaded van fighting traffic to get to a townhouse that seemed a lot bigger and closer to the beach in the realtor

Since January there has been a steady flow of parents mostly single mothers or grandmothers searching for an educational alternative for their sons all of whom are boys of color nbsp They come to San Miguel Academy of Newburgh because they rsquo ve heard that boys do better in our environment t

Religious intolerance continues to be an issue in the Middle East In Syria Jesuits voice concern over missing priests nbsp and religious minorities are being victimized in Pakistan nbsp nbsp Sixty-eight years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the President of the Pontifical Council fo