Patrick Samway draws from letters to paint a picture of an editor and a writer who rarely met in person but who nonetheless forged a close bond.

July 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the coup d’etat in Iraq that brought the Baathist party to power.

Please remember to phrase your responses in the form of a question. For some reason, that’s important. Have a blessed summer!

Bob Dufford, S.J., started writing “Be Not Afraid” when he was, well, afraid.

Teilhard’s Six Propositions were locked away until 2007 when they were discovered in the Jesuit archives in Rome.

Since protests directed at the Sandinista government in Nicaragua began in April, the Jesuit-run University of Central America has been a target of violence.