Missionary work started 100 years ago in the northern Philippines by foreign priests from the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) is now largely continued by Filipinos. A Divine Word priest conducting a ...

He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” Jesus answere ...

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 ...

ONE OF THE LARGEST JESUIT UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, TO BE A JESUIT IS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS, A WORLDWIDE BODY OF PRIESTS AND BROTHERS FOUNDED BY SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA ...

Bergoglio joined the Society of Jesus in 1958 and was ordained a priest eleven years later, in 1969. His academic training is extensive, having studied Humanities, Philosophy, and Theology.

The Society of Jesus, commonly called the Jesuits, are an order of "priests, brothers, scholastics and novices," according to its website. At 14,000-plus members, the Jesuits tout themselves as ...

CUTID, Philippines — Christian devotees from the Philippines were nailed to a cross on Friday (April 18) in a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion in the predominantly Catholic nation.

Jesus meets his mother on the way of the cross during one of tradiional street plays held across the Philippines during Holy Week. This age-old practice has become a powerful expression of ...

READ MORE: Daily Gospel, April 16 Daily Gospel, April 15 Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he ...

There are two churches in the Philippines where relics of the True Cross can be found ... “Makikita ho nila na they are strips of woods from the True Cross of Jesus,” ani Fr. Viel Bautista, vice ...

Father Adolfo Nicolás, the former superior general of the Society of Jesus, died in Tokyo on May ... to the Jesuits in Spain and the Philippines and to his many friends all around the world ...