Jesuits started establishing missions in the Sonoran Desert. The missions, including San Xavier del Bac, founded in 1700 by ...

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 ...

James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed ...

The Jesuit order was founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in ... And he said back in Italian, e la tua colpa, which means that's your fault. INSKEEP: (Laughter). KESICKI: He had a very playful demeanor ...

When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from ...

The effort represents a unique partnership led by the Jesuits and a group of descendants linked to the order’s 1838 sale of 272 men, women and children from its five Maryland plantations to ...

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits – one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church. Their reach extends from prestigious ...

Pope Francis … affirmed that ‘the Jesuit is a servant of the joy of the Gospel’ in whatever mission he is engaging,” the order’s superior general, the Rev. Arturo Sosa, wrote in his ...