Father Aaron Pidel, SJ, has been a professor of theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome since 2022. Father Pidel was ordained in 2011 after 11 years in formation as a Jesuit. During this 11-year span, he developed further a previous academic love for ecclesiology and its role in theological history, focusing especially on how the philosophies adopted by past popes and Jesuits shaped the current climate of theology. Father Pidel has lent his gift of writing to America Magazine as a recurring contributor and has penned articles for several theological history journals. He has authored two books, published through Notre Dame Press and the Catholic University of America Press.