Georgetown University and the Jesuits are pledging $27 million in donations to support the descendants of hundreds of enslaved people who were sold in the 19th century to fund the university, a ...
FILE - This April 24, 2019 photo shows photographs of descendants of enslaved people who were sold by Georgetown University and the Maryland Jesuits to southern Louisiana in 1838. (Claire ...
The Jesuits’ ties to chattel slavery in the U.S. and beyond have gained more attention recently. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation is carrying out its ...
Jesuit Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, a member of the Jesuits' Venezuelan province, was elected the first non-European superior general of the Society of Jesus Oct. 14. The 212 voting delegates to the ...
Editor's Note: This is Part I of an analysis of the current state of the Jesuits. Part II, covering some Jesuits’ quest for renewal and the significant roadblocks they face, is available here.
The superior general of the Society of Jesus, Venezuelan priest Arturo Sosa, has convoked a meeting of all the Jesuit major superiors to be held this October in Rome to discuss various topics such as ...
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.
A St. Peter’s Prep classmate asked me to say a Mass for alumni at the Jersey Shore that the late Father Anthony Azzarto had been scheduled to say. I could not and suggested he call the Jesuit ...
Two Jesuit provinces in the United States released lists of 84 clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest revelations in the Catholic Church’s long-running and morally damaging ...