Cardinal-electors take an oath to maintain “absolute and perpetual secrecy” concerning “all matters directly or indirectly ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Jesuit religious order ever, and the first in more than a century and a half to come from any religious order. The previous one was Gregory XVI (1831-1846 ...

Cardinals begin secret vote to choose new Pope as crowds watch for smoke from Vatican - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightene ...

Vance was one of the last visitors to see Pope Francis before the first Jesuit to lead ... cardinals swore an oath of secrecy. After their oaths were made, the Extra Omnes order was given ...

In uncertain times, he ran a global religious group, the Order of St. Augustine ... teaching of the church,” said Thomas J. Reese, a Jesuit priest and veteran Vatican analyst.

I remain committed to a truly just and democratic Philippine society and to the vision of a post-capitalist global order — and ... was it precisely these questionable ingredients of a Jesuit education ...

The conclave process to elect the next pope is shrouded in secrecy. Here’s a visual guide to the ancient tradition.

The American Jesuit theologian Cardinal Avery Dulles once ... The cardinals must swear an oath on the Gospels to observe the constitution’s rules and to maintain secrecy. In subsequent ...