2025

South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, has been profoundly shaped by protracted conflict, political instability, and economic fragility since gaining independence in 2011. Despite the optimism that accompanied statehood, the country has been beset by recurrent...

Collaboration is at the heart of the Jesuit mission and we are on a journey together. It’s a real adventure. To support and inspire this journey, the General Curia is launching a monthly one-page Mission Partner Formation Newsletter...

How can a traditional Catholic school successfully move into the future? The Jesuit College of St. Blasien in the Upper Black Forest offers a compelling answer: By building a new science centre, it is expanding its educational offerings in a way that meets the needs...

In German, people say that things that naturally belong together go together “like a pot and a lid”. That’s exactly how Jesuits and education fit. From the very beginning, theological and philosophical education have been a cornerstone of the Jesuit order...

In South Sudan, drastic cuts to humanitarian aid have reduced or even eliminated life-saving mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services, further straining an already fragile system heavily reliant on humanitarian actors. In response to this crisis, JRS has continued...

At the Jesuit Ukama Centre in Nuremberg, Germany, everything revolves around social and ecological transformation. But that’s not all. When Father General Arturo Sosa visits the place during his visit to Germany and the Central European Province (ECE)...

On the same day that Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Eucharist in front of St. Peter’s with the tens of thousands who have gathered for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, the Vatican officially released the Holy Father’s first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te...

“Ukama” – a word from the African Shona language – can be translated as everything is connected to everything. It’s also the name of the Jesuit centre in Nuremberg, Germany, which is dedicated to socio-ecological transformation. During his visit to Germany, Father General...

As in many other European countries, interest in matters of faith is declining among young people in Germany. This is especially true for Catholic youth aged 12 to 25, as the 2024 Shell Youth Study notes: “For young people belonging to the...”

We know a lot about the ‘Canadian Martyrs’, starting with Jean de Brébeuf. But let’s be guided by a lesser-known but no less fascinating Jesuit, Fr Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot. He was born in 1611, the same year that two Jesuits came to Port-Royal, Acadia, and...

When Peter Faber welcomed Petrus Canisius, a native of the Diocese of Cologne, as the eighth member of the Society of Jesus in 1543, he laid the foundation not only for the saint’s blessed ministry but also for the deep and lasting roots of the Jesuit Order in Germany...

Father General has appointed Fr. Jean Luc Enyegue as the new Provincial of the West African Province (AOC) of the Society of Jesus.