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 ...

Mulledy Hall, also known as Freedom Hall, center, on the campus of Georgetown University April 4. The building will be renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the Jesuit ...

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 ...

Monday, I started my review of Jesuit Fr. David Collins' wonderful new book, The Jesuits in the United States: A Concise History. Today, we will pick up where we left off, in the early 19th century, ...

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 ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The flowing script of an 1847 Jesuit missionary ledger page shows ...

Writers and historians who study the Jesuits have an unusual problem: too much information. The Society of Jesus was arguably the world’s first global nonprofit organization, with a geographic ...

There is a rich Catholic tradition in Jefferson City and surrounding villages. Would this tradition have been quite so rich if not for the impact of Fr. Ferdinand Helias? After the journey of Lewis ...

Events from this week in Christian history include the death of Richard Harvey Cain, Spain dissolving the Jesuit order, and John Bunyan being appointed as a pastor.

ROME – Recently Father Arthur Sosa, a Venezuelan Jesuit and the order’s Superior General since 2016, held a year-end briefing for journalists. As was predictable, conversation was dominated by the ...