Father Julio Fernández Techera, a Jesuit priest and rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, has written a widely circulated, critical essay about the Society of Jesus warning that the order, ...

The superior general of the Society of Jesus, Venezuelan priest Arturo Sosa, has convoked a meeting of all the Jesuit major superiors to be held this October in Rome to discuss various topics such as ...

Tania Tetlow, a laywoman and former law professor, will take the helm this summer, breaking with a nearly 200-year tradition. By Liam Stack A former Jesuit priest and leader in bioethics, he believed ...

For four centuries at least, from the Council of Trent (1565) to Vatican II (1965), the Society of Jesus — better known as the Jesuits — dominated the spiritual and intellectual life of the Church.

Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, celebrates Mass at the Church of the Gesù in Rome on Oct. 16, 2016. (CNS photo/Don Doll, S.J.) This article is a Cover Story selection, a ...

Jesuit educational environments have inherited a distinctive characteristic directly derived from the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the mindset of the earliest companions who co-founded ...

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It's ...

• Previous popes have punished Jesuit theologians for being too progressive in preaching and teaching. The last pontiff, Benedict XVI, sent a polite but firm letter inviting the order’s worldwide ...

Annale della casa professa cominciando l’anno 1593. Rome, Italy. Archivio de’Nobili del Gesù (ANG). 1593 rule of the Assonta (Congregation of the Nobles). Vol. XIX, (Gesti della congregazione della ...

As the Jesuit leader in Central America, he pushed for justice when six priests were shot to death in the midst of El Salvador’s civil war. By Adam Nossiter Tania Tetlow, a laywoman and former law ...