A 17th-century statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Spanish sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés. (photo: Jl FilpoC via Wikimedia / (CC BY-SA 4.0).) Besides being the founder of one of the largest ...

The youngest son of a Basque noble family, St. Ignatius of Loyola (birth name, Íñigo López de Loyola) was born in the family’s castle in the town of Loyola, Spain. At the age of 7, ...

Donald T. Bennett in a Sunday homily on May 31, that constitutes the true “church” of St. Ignatius Loyola; rather, it is the parish’s dedicated and compassionate members. “Here at Saint ...

On March 12, the Society of Jesus celebrates the 400th anniversary of the canonizations of St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis ... it represented Ignatius in art and elsewhere.

This Spanish saint was one of the most influential figures in the Roman Catholic Reformation in the 16th Century and the founder of the religious order, the Society of Jesus. Ignatius was born ...

Barres of Rockville Centre is inviting Catholics in the diocese to participate in activities marking the Ignatian Year to celebrate the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola. “St ...

As the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola approaches, I am reminded of one of my favorite theologians, Karl Rahner, S.J., who credited Ignatius, the founder of his ...

The Archive Conservation Laboratory of the Archdiocese of Malta presented the Cathedral Museum in Mdina with a meticulously restored letter attributed to St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the ...

This baroque statue of St Ignatius Loyola dates to 1745, and happens to be one of the first statues - if not the very first - dedicated to St Ignatius Loyola in Malta. This year marks the 450th ...

Besides being the founder of one of the largest religious orders in the world and the author of the “Spiritual Exercises,” St. Ignatius of Loyola is also the patron saint of soldiers.