Events that occurred this week in Christian history include St Ignatius of Loyola being wounded in battle, John Wesley s ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday at 88, was the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church. What is a Jesuit? What to know ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

Today, following a Saturday morning Mass at St. Peter’s, Pope Francis will ... the rest of the church into hysterics. The Jesuits, or the Society of Jesus, were formed in 1 534 by Ignatius of Loyola, ...

Beyond a simple affirmation of the pope’s authority, the letter by Arturo Sosa, S.J., called attention to its particular ...

Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, was the first Jesuit Pope, a religious order that discouraged priests from seeking senior positions ...

Here are some essential facts about the Jesuits. The order was founded in the 16th century by Spanish St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose "Spiritual Exercises" are still a classic of Catholic ...

Standing in front of the nave filled with people at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Southeast Portland, the Rev. James Antonio, S.J., delivered the homily for a memorial Mass for Pope Francis on ...

At 14,000-plus members, the Jesuits tout themselves as "one of the largest male religious orders in the Catholic Church." The order was founded in the 16th century by St. Ignatius of Loyola ...

Not only was Pope Francis the the first Jesuit pope, but he was the first pope from the Americas. He was born in Buenos Aires ...

More than 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April ... is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola. According to the Jesuits' website, the Jesuits consist ...