Ten years after the University of Notre Dame — in the face of withering opposition from more than 80 U.S. bishops— awarded President Barack Obama an honorary doctorate of laws, the titanic figure of ...

The author of a new controversial biography of Fr. Theodore "Ted" Hesburgh said he tried to approach his subject with a historian's eye, but at least one critic of the book believes the author's ...

Father Ted, as he was known to his friends, was influential in reshaping Catholic higher education. He was also a champion for civil rights and... The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, a former president of the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh transformed the University of Notre Dame into a school known almost as much for academics as for football, even if it meant challenging popes, presidents ...

St. John Henry Newman and Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C. Composite image by Alison Hamilton. (Original images: Wikimedia). I had the honor of knowing and working with the University of Notre Dame’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: With Dan Rather calling the former Notre Dame University president, one of “the most influential men in American life,” ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh transformed the University of Notre Dame into a school known almost as much for academics as for football, even if it meant challenging popes, ...

SYRACUSE, NY -- Theodore Hesburgh was born and raised in Syracuse before becoming one of the country’s most famous Catholic priests, a world-renowned civil rights leader and president of the ...

EXCLUSIVE: With Dan Rather calling the former University of Notre Dame president, one of “the most influential men in American life,” the new documentary Hesburgh spotlighting the life and work of ...