Communications Office

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...

One of the Universal Apostolic Preferences promulgated by Father General in 2019 invites the Apostolic Body of the Society of Jesus to “Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice”...

The Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES) of the Society of Jesus has released its 2025 Annual Report, “The Promotion of Justice is Fueled by Hope”. The report details regional milestones at the conference level, the results of global advocacy, and its commitment to the mission of...

“How many times did you hear Pope Francis ask: “Please, pray for me!”? Those words were never a mere courtesy – they expressed a deep conviction: Francis believed wholeheartedly in the fruitfulness of prayer...”

The Holy Father has appointed Fr Michael T. Castori, SJ, as the new bishop of Honolulu. Pope Leo XIV has also appointed Fr Joseph Samedi, SJ, as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bangui in the Central African Republic.

In the sixteenth episode of Ignite the Way video series, Fr Stephen Sundborg, SJ, former president and current chancellor of Seattle University, discusses the application of “discernment in common” within boards of institutions such as universities and schools. He emphasizes that discernment...

The first year of a pontificate is measured not only by the decisions taken or the documents published, but by the underlying orientation that begins to become visible. In the case of Leo XIV, this orientation can be expressed with disarming simplicity: peace as a gift that is born in the heart...