The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...

Next Pope is ‘everybody’s guess’ before Cardinals gather for oath of secrecy and first vote - Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the favourites to succe ...

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 ...

Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981, during a Mass at the Jesuit Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. More than 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 26 to ...

After several weeks of discussion and discernment, the Jesuit order has elected Fr ... special vow of obedience to the Pope “in regards to mission,” and swear an oath to never seek higher offices ...

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 message to fellow Jesuits ...