ST. LOUIS — On Aug. 28, 2023, members of the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved (DSLUE) non-profit organization launched a petition urging St. Louis University to atone for the ...
Having grown up Catholic in small-town Louisiana, Monique Maddox is devoutly and deliberately faithful, visibly involved in her church. When her time comes, she said, she doesn’t want the priest ...
I’M KAREN HOLMES WARD. LATER IN THE PROGRAM, EFFORTS TO SHED LIGHT ON LAND TAKEN FROM BLACK FAMILIES OVER THE CENTURIES. BUT FIRST, IT’S NO SECRET THAT MANY OF THIS COUNTRY’S BEDROCK INSTITUTIONS ...
Pope Francis, elected Wednesday by his fellow cardinals to lead the Roman Catholic Church, shares with the region a Jesuit heritage.Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina became the first ...
Father Julio Fernández Techera, a Jesuit priest and rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, has written a widely circulated, critical essay about the Society of Jesus warning that the order, ...
When the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, virtually every priest in the young country was an ex-Jesuit. As the country grew westwards, it reached into territories ...