Robert Ellsberg Archives

Orbis Books: The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis

by Robert Ellsberg | Jun 1, 2026 | Departments, Orbis Books, Summer 2026

Publisher of Orbis Books Robert Ellsberg previews The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis.

Orbis Books: The Years of Ripening

by Robert Ellsberg | Sep 2, 2025 | Departments, Fall 2025, Orbis Books

Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, previews Sister Joyce Rupp’s latest meditations on old age: The Years of Ripening.

Pope Francis: In the Heart of the People

by Robert Ellsberg | Jun 2, 2025 | Featured Stories

Pope Francis’ legacy of missionary discipleship will live on, writes the publisher of Maryknoll’s Orbis Books.

Orbis Books: Pope Francis

by Robert Ellsberg | Jun 2, 2025 | Departments, Orbis Books

The publisher of Orbis Books shares a book he edited of Pope Francis’ teachings on migrants and refugees, A Stranger and You Welcomed Me.

A Tribute to Gustavo Gutiérrez

by Robert Ellsberg | Mar 3, 2025 | Departments, Featured Stories, Spring 2025

Orbis Books Publisher Robert Ellsberg offers a tribute to Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of liberation theology.

Orbis Books: Dorothy Day

by Robert Ellsberg | Mar 3, 2025 | Departments, Orbis Books, Spring 2025

Orbis Books Publisher Robert Ellsberg shares a preview of a book he edited, Dorothy Day: Spiritual Writings.

Orbis Books: Everyday Sacred, Everywhere Beauty

by Robert Ellsberg | Dec 2, 2024 | Departments, Orbis Books, Winter 2025

Orbis Publisher Robert Ellsberg previews Everyday Sacred, Everywhere Beauty on the contemplative life by the late Benedictine Sister Mary Lou Kownacki.

Orbis Books: Laudate Deum; Come, Have Breakfast

by Robert Ellsberg | Mar 4, 2024 | Departments, Orbis Books, Spring 2024

The publisher of Maryknoll’s Orbis Books shares a preview of two new titles, Laudate Deum and Come, Have Breakfast.

Orbis Books Publishes Memoir on Anniversary of Chile Coup

by Deirdre Cornell | Sep 7, 2023 | News

To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup d’état in Chile, a new Orbis book highlights the courage of religious who helped the dictatorship’s victims.