Pope Francis’ 2024 encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is packed with testimonies from the saints of prayer and devotion ...

Father Arrupe’s intense desire for union with the heart of Christ gave him strength as he ministered to victims of the ...

July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, who died on that date in 1556. A Basque courtier and soldier, Inigo de Loyola was gravely wounded during the ...

When it comes to mystical prayer and her own appropriation of the mystery of Carmel, ... Desolation is a state of soul that St. Ignatius of Loyola addresses in his own Rules of Discernment.

Following the June 19 death of Jesuit theologian Fr. Roger Haight, 89, colleagues recalled Haight's unfailing resilience, ...

St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) In his “Spiritual Exercises,” St. Ignatius encourages retreatants to contemplate the wounded side of the crucified Lord to enter into the heart of Christ.

Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a "stone host placed on the open wound of the city," celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone. To celebrate her ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman, left his home at the age of 19 to study at the University of Paris. There he met Saint ...

Joseph Canizaro, who reshaped New Orleans' skyline and led major philanthropic efforts, died June 20 at age 88 at his ...

A statue of Saint Ignatius of Loyola in the historic St. Mary's Hall. Photos by Lee Pellegrini. More than one hundred years after it was built, the historic St. Mary’s Hall—home to the Boston College ...

Jesuit schools across Britain came together to celebrate the Jubilee Year with a special Mass, led by Fr Peter Gallagher SJ, ...