Saint Ignatius was opposed to women Jesuits for reasons that were cultural, practical and canonical, but other Jesuits were not. The question was a hot topic in the early Society.

What Julian of Norwich can teach us about oneness with God.

A willingness to recognize the holiness of the ordinary might be the highest ideal of the solitary life.

A Korean War hero, the Rev. Emil Kapaun is now a candidate for sainthood, but the process is long and complicated.

Does canceling the sacraments show a lack of faith? Jesuits in the 16th century didn’t think so.

Mass attendance and Catholic affiliation have been eroding steadily since the 1970s for all income brackets, but the sharpest decline has been among the two bottom economic quartiles.