The Society of Jesus in the United States and Canada will bring together its five current novitiates spread throughout the ...

We can see them now. Two of the men most responsible for the birth of the nation, both former presidents — John Adams is 81 and Thomas Jefferson is 73 — exchanging letters in 1816, fiercely lamenting ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. More ...

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 ...

The Society of Jesus, goes an old Jesuit joke, is “a monarchy limited only by the incompetence of its superiors and the insubordination of their subjects.” Since the death last October of the Very Rev ...

BALTIMORE — Jesuit Father John W. O’Malley, whose perspectives and expertise on church history and the Second Vatican Council attracted audiences that included undergraduate students and well-educated ...

The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman found in the Gospel of John reveals that we do not earn God’s love; we return it. The woman is initially perplexed by Jesus’ request: “Give me a drink” (Jn 4 ...

With construction of a log chapel, Delaware gained its first Catholic church, marking the transition from a scattered mission ...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his election and remained a committed Jesuit until his death. Pope ...