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Robert Ellsberg is the editor in chief and publisher of Orbis Books. He is the author of Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses (Liturgical Press).
saints are pictured in an altarpiece, they have gold halos and many colored robes
FaithFeatures
Robert Ellsberg
In the anniversary edition of All Saints, Robert Ellsberg reveals his background with the saints and how he was inspired by so many ordinary and extraordinary people.
robert ellsberg on the right wearing a suit crouches next to sister wendy who is wearing her habit
FaithFaith in Focus
Robert Ellsberg
This selection from our conversations about the Trappist monk Thomas Merton is one of the fascinating threads in the book, which turned out to be about more than it seemed.
FaithLast Take
Robert Ellsberg
Tom Cornell, who died on Aug. 1 at the age of 88, was truly one of the architects of the American Catholic peace movement.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Robert Ellsberg
Half a century later, Robert Ellsberg looks back on his father’s famous release of the Pentagon Papers—and the consequences of that decision for his father, for him and for the nation.
FaithFaith in Focus
Robert Ellsberg
Even as a child she sensed that Africa was her destiny, the roots of her mission vocation found in a fourth-grade geography textbook that pictured giraffes loping across the plain
FaithShort Take
Robert Ellsberg
‘Black Like Me’ went beyond social observation to examine an underlying disease of the soul.
Daniel Ortega flanks Pope John Paul II who wags his finger at culture minister and priest Ernesto Cardenal, during welcoming ceremonies at the airport in Managua, Nicaragua, in March 1983. (AP Photo/Barricada, File)
Politics & SocietyColumns
Robert Ellsberg
Thomas Merton wrote an introduction to a lyrical book of reflections by Cardenal, Vida en Amor: “In a time of conflict, anxiety, war, cruelty, and confusion, the reader may be surprised that this book is a hymn in praise of love, telling us that ‘all things love one another.’”
Arts & CultureBooks
Robert Ellsberg
God bless you, James: author, teacher, wrestling partner, spiritual godfather, beloved friend.
FaithShort Take
Robert Ellsberg
The saints and heroes of our faith have much to teach us about our contemporary political context.
FaithFeatures
Robert Ellsberg
We have to take the saints down from their pedestals.