Listening for Billie Holiday’s Catholic Roots: Lecture and Live Performances
Billie Holiday was more than a famous jazz vocalist—she was also a Catholic singer whose…
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Liberation Theology Scholar Appointed Head of Curran Center
On August 1, Michael Lee, Ph.D., was appointed director of the Francis and Ann Curran…
Curran Center Contest Highlights New Scholars of Catholicism
Tuan Hoang earned a Ph.D. in history in 2013. But this year, he’s made his…
Fordham Priest Tapped to Lead New Jesuit Province
Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., GSAS ’80, a scholar in residence at the Graduate School of…
Professor Explores Tangled Connections Between Catholicism and World War II Propaganda
The year was 1943. The Second World War had been raging for four years, and…
Fordham Mourns Archbishop Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino
Fordham mourns the death of His Eminence Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino, a member…
Panel Calls for Catholic Church to Let Women Become Deacons Again
The time has come for women to reclaim their roles as deacons in the Catholic…
Fordham Acquires Met’s Reproduction of Sistine Chapel Fresco
For a recent exhibition, Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art created…
First in a Series, Fordham Event Tackles Church Sexual Abuse Crisis
The pain of thousands of sexual abuse victims weighed heavily on the minds of a…
Conference Convenes Leaders Devoted to Combating World Hunger
In an address at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization last year, Pope Francis…