Jesuit Father Brian O’Donnell, superior of the Jesuit community at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia, will receive the highest medal that can be awarded to religious and laity by the papacy for his service....
Dear brothers in Christ, Yesterday, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, announced his decision to resign from his “ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter.” We receive this announcement of the Holy Father....
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying he no longer has the strength to exercise ministry over the universal church, Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 11 that he would be resigning at....
Pope Benedict announced that among the appointments, Jesuit Father Karl Becker, Professor Emeritus of Dogmatic Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University will be elevated to the College of Cardinals for his commitment and service to the Church.
Pope Benedict XVI continued his series on the great Doctors of the Church by highlighting Jesuit theologian Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) at his weekly general audience on Feb. 23. Bellarmine offered an important model for....
Pope Benedict XVI spoke about Jesuit Peter Canisius (1521- 1597) at his weekly public audience on Feb. 9, remarking that in the time of the Reformation, it seemed as if the light of the Catholic....
