A celibate spiritual leader who is not a priest, a philosopher with a doctoral degree who is not a professor, Vanier is not easily categorized.

What can Catholics learn from our brothers in the Eastern church?

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.

An analysis of the encyclical 'Spe Salvi'

On Sept. 13, 1983, Peter-Hans Kolvenbach was elected 29th superior general. He retired in 2008.

“I wasn’t raised religious and I don’t know anything about religion,” he said in 2004.