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 — and legendary ...

The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, a former president of the University of Notre Dame who tangled with the Nixon administration, died late Thursday. He was 97. For those who knew him, Hesburgh was simply ...

National and state leaders paid their respects to the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, the longtime former president of the University of Notre Dame, calling him a man of conscience, who wasn't afraid to serve ...

The new documentary, "Hesburgh," explores the life of Father Theodore Hesburgh, who served as a long-time president of the University of Notre Dame and is recognized now as one of the most important ...

The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who transformed the University of Notre Dame into an academic power during his 35 years as president, was remembered Wednesday as a world leader in social issues but ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) The institution that Theodore Hesburgh built in South Bend, Ind., stands as a testimony to the embrace of the public square and private faith that he modeled in his own life.

One night in March, some 10,000 Notre Dame students waited on a freezing cold night to enter an arena, not for a game, but for a memorial service to a 97-year-old man who had left the presidency of ...

During his 35-year tenure as University of Notre Dame president, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh carried through on bold ideas that supporters say reshaped a college known mostly for its football team into ...