Christopher M. Bellitto is professor of history at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. His new book is a history of humility as the lost virtue, to be published by Georgetown University Press in Spring 2023.

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Jesuit Fr. John W. O'Malley, a church historian and former professor at Georgetown University, died Sept. 11 at the age of 95 at the Colombiere Jesuit Community in Baltimore. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)

Jesuit Fr. John O'Malley: In gratitude to a historian who always asked, 'So what?'

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Sep 12, 2022

Appreciation: Apart from his achievements in many areas of historical scholarship, Jesuit Fr. John O'Malley embraced the importance of studying history itself. His question, one of his favorite phrases, was, "So what?"