Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It’s one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 ...

An order of Catholic priests has pledged $100 million in reparations to the descendants of people whom they owned as slaves during the early decades of the American republic. The announcement by ...

Jesuit Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, a member of the Jesuits' Venezuelan province, was elected the first non-European superior general of the Society of Jesus Oct. 14. The 212 voting delegates to the ...

NEW YORK — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billions are mourning Pope Francis, who died on April 21, and as people reflect of his life's work as the first Jesuit pope of the ...

MEXICO CITY — Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes one week after the government of ...

A portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, by Giuseppe FranchiDEA / VENERANDA BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA / De Agostini / Getty Images When I entered the Jesuit order 25 years ...

Pope Francis greets Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik during a private audience at the Vatican in this Jan. 3, 2022, file photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order ...