Hundreds of people packed the Compton Family Ice Arena at Notre Dame to watch the Fighting Irish take on Boston College. Before the game started there was a video tribute to honor Father Hesburgh.

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and one of the nation’s most influential figures in higher ...

A postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Father Theodore Hesburgh, a Holy Cross priest who served as president of the University of Notre Dame for 35 years, was issued Sept. 1 in ...

The recent death of the widely admired Congregation of the Holy Cross priest Ted Hesburgh (1917-2015) -- president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, where he served as president from 1952 to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, left, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands at Leighton Plaza on Tuesday, June 18, ...

NOTRE DAME — A new honor today for Notre Dame's Father Theodore Hesburgh. The U.S. Postal Service is commemorating the university icon on a forever stamp. From university president to social activist, ...

Director Patrick Creadon's new documentary, "Hesburgh," named for its compelling subject, the cigar-smoking Holy Cross Fr. Theodore Martin Hesburgh, is a sweeping biography of a man whose towering ...

Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., Holy Cross priest, civil rights leader and president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, knew how to create a spirit of encounter, even among people who ...