It may be news to some that there was a Jesuit on board and that he got off the ship at the last possible stop before its end. Some Jesuit-observers may comment: “Isn’t that typical?”

No place in the world has such a talent for rebuilding what once seemed lost as Rome.

“For Jesus, it wasn’t about taking the right stand on issues. It was about standing in the right place.”

I suppose there is a line of thought in Christianity that would equate the cheap and mean with holiness, but somehow Catholicism has always found room for both Michelangelo and Mother Teresa.

Wheeling Jesuit University announced March 27 that it will remain open under the board of trustees' existing declaration of financial exigency.