James Martin, S.J., offers a personal remembrance of John O'Malley, S.J. the dean of Catholic historians and a mentor to generations of Jesuits, priests, religious men and women and Catholic laypeople.

Pope for only 33 days, John Paul I is known both as "The Smiling Pope" and "The Forgotten Pope." On Sept. 4, he will be beatified. What were his life and papacy like?

The revival of a 1964 musical is stumbling a bit—but then, the original had its own troubles.

Last year, the Jesuits pledged to raise $100 million to support the work of the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation. Yet, according to Joseph M. Stewart, the president of the foundation, progress has been far too slow.

A violent assault on a famous author revives an ugly history: the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

America's editors shy away from endorsing political candidates—but J.F.K. proved a hard case, both during his life and in the decades since.