May, 2026

The annual meeting of Eco-Jesuit delegates in South Asia, held at Inigo Bhawan in Matigara, Darjeeling, became much more than a routine gathering. Set against the fragile ecology of the Eastern Himalayas, the meeting turned into a moment of discernment on the future...

In April 2026, Pope Leo XIV made the first-ever papal visit to Algeria. Two weeks later, Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, travelled to Algeria to visit the small Jesuit community there for the first time since his election in 2016. The land of St Augustine, bishop of Hippo...

After three years of being ad experimentum with the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP), the Pakistan Jesuit Mission pauses to reflect on what it means to live and serve in this land. These years have not been easy. Pakistan is often described as an “arduous” place...

If we believe that human dignity for all is the greatest common good, then how shall we guide the development of technologies that may ignore or discard that dignity? This is the question that forms the foundation of Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), the first encyclical...

The International Commission on the Apostolate of Jesuit Education (ICAJE) supports the Secretariat for Secondary and Pre-Secondary Education in animating, coordinating, and renewing Jesuit education worldwide. Since its establishment in 1980, ICAJE has fostered collaboration...

On 12 May 2026, Father General Arturo Sosa appointed Fr Francis Xavier Manasan Wongvarn, SJ, as the new Regional Superior of Thailand. Born on 4 October 1981 in Bangkok, Fr Manasan entered the Society of Jesus in 2001. He studied philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University where he obtained...

Communication delegates from the six Conferences convened at the General Curia last week to confront the defining challenges of their ministry: examining ways to better communicate the mission and vision of the Society of Jesus in an age of rapid technological transformation.

Fr Philippe Komi Habada, SJ, a Jesuit priest and medical professional from Togo currently on mission in Cameroon, discusses the challenges and solutions related to overcoming resistance during communal discernment within groups. Drawing from his experience leading a group...

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Father Bart van Emmerik, as the Regional Superior of the Independent Region of the European Low Countries (ELC). Fr van Emmerik currently serves as the socius of the ELC Region and as delegate for spirituality...

In a special letter to Jesuit Major Superiors released for Pentecost 2026, Father General Sosa calls for a “new intensity, coherence, and depth” in Jesuit work with young adults. “Our apostolates are privileged spaces of encounter with the young”, says Fr Sosa...

On 22 May 1622, Pedro Páez died in Gorgora (Gondar, Ethiopia). He was born in Olmeda de las Fuentes (Madrid, Spain) in 1564 and entered the Society at the age of 20 at the novitiate in Villarejo de Fuentes (Cuenca, Spain), although older biographies state that he entered in Coimbra...

Fr David McCallum, SJ, a Jesuit priest and executive director of the Discerning Leadership Program in Rome, presents an insightful overview of group dynamics within communal discernment processes. He emphasizes that communal discernment requires managing groups effectively...