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 ...

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 honor ...

For Jesuit Fr. Antonio Spadaro, traveling alongside Pope Francis was never just about logistics or protocol; it was about witnessing a deeply human and profoundly spiritual way of leading the church.

The religious order that Pope Francis belonged to is pulling out of the only Catholic parish on Long Island that it runs, ending nearly a half-century of ministry. The Jesuits plan to leave St.

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 ...

"Jesuit higher education has given me everything really in terms of a purpose in my life, my career and my vocation," said the new president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.