Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It’s one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes one week after the government of ...

NEW YORK — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit ...

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 Catholic Church, his funeral has been set for April 26. Not only was ...

CBC News has learned that a former finance director of the Jesuits of Canada has settled with the Catholic order for $8.8 ...

“I can do something different; that’s why today I’m not in crisis, and I am sure of my vocation, because I know that I am in the right place where all the good that I wanted to do I can continue doing ...