The University of Notre Dame said Thursday it will not award its Laetare Medal for the first time in 120 years, after having the first recipient reject the award over the university's honoring ...

Carla Harris, a top executive at the investment bank Morgan Stanley, and a celebrated gospel singer, speaker and author, will be awarded the University of Notre Dame’s 2021 Laetare Medal.

The Laetare Medal, first awarded in 1883, is an honor presented annually by Notre Dame to an American Catholic in recognition of outstanding service to the Catholic Church and society.

The retired president of the only historically black and Catholic university in the U.S. will receive what Notre Dame University calls the most prestigious award for American Catholics.

The Laetare Medal is announced on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent. The medal bears the Latin inscription, "Magna est veritas et praevalebit" ("Truth is mighty, and it shall prevail").

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, the chief executive of the nation’s largest nonprofit working to feed the hungry nationwide, will receive the 2024 Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame.

Aaron Neville, giving his Laetare Medal acceptance speech during the University of Notre Dame's commencement on May 17, 2015. (Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame) Throughout his life, Aaron ...

We now know who will receive the Laetare Medal this year at the University of Notre Dame's commencement ceremony.Sister Norma Pimentel will be honored with the medal in May during commencement.The ...

NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- A Mercy sister and a laywoman who co-founded a program that is widely credited for reducing Philadelphia's homeless population by half have been named the winners of the 2011 ...