“Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16), Our Lord Jesus Christ commanded the Twelve Apostles. Perhaps no saint in the history of Christianity has understood this command as deeply as St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast we celebrate today. Recovering from a...

Editor’s note: This article is a commentary on the Society’s May 14 “Declaration of Faith,” not on its more recent “Profession of Faith.” In the Gospels, Jesus Christ our Lord often intersperses simpler and more direct teachings with highly mysterious...

“Judge not,” our Lord Jesus Christ says, “or you will be judged” (Mt 7:1). St. Augustine writes: “In this passage, we are taught that in the case of those actions respecting which it is doubtful with what intention they are done, we are to put the better...