We Jesuits hold Peter Claver up and hide behind him.

Jesus did not choose Peter because of his righteousness and courage. He chose Peter because he was imperfect, complicated, a sinner.

”Enlightening a single conscience is worth the effort and pain of keeping alive the memory of what has been.”

Life is just a very terrible thing at times, and Christ knew it and we know it and the church seems to know it. The church is something that deals, quite unflinchingly, in reality.

A number of the cardinal’s public statements on the liturgy and other topics reflected a pre-Vatican II traditionalist outlook that at times openly contrasted with the direction given by Pope Francis.

Before Rush Limbaugh, there was the notorious “radio priest” of the 1930s and 1940s, Father Charles E. Coughlin.

It is morally irresponsible for churches to invite people to worship and receive the sacraments without taking all effective steps to minimize risk.

For true Chicagoans, theirs is the greatest American city, and also the one most in need of change.

Daniel Lord, S.J., saw the movie as an ominous portent of how a powerful new medium could be used for the wrong ends.

The faith-based office, founded under President George W. Bush, evolved over the past two decades, but it became moribund under President Donald Trump, who preferred to talk only with evangelical leaders who supported him.