Communications Office

After almost a year of preparations, a new website for IHSI Publications (Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu) was ready to launch at https://www.fondazionepolanco.org. The launch celebration was held at the Archives of the General Curia of the Society (ARSI) in Rome...

South Sudan is a country that, after decades of civil war, gained independence in 2011. It has a population of over 13.4 million people, comprising 60 indigenous ethnic groups, each with its own language and customs...

From its very foundation, the Jesuits have placed themselves at the service of the Pope, offering their service for the universal mission of the Church. This defining characteristic, rooted in the vision of St Ignatius of Loyola...

On 8 May 2025, Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Bishop of Rome and the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Father General Arturo Sosa addresses this letter offering prayers for the Pope, and reaffirming the Society’s historic availability for service to the Church.

In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the evening of 8 May, signaling the successful election of a new Pope. Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost...

The Jesuit Global Network of Schools (JGNS) continues to take significant steps toward deeper collaboration and a shared mission. A testament to this commitment was the recent visits of Fr John Ravi, SJ and Fr Leonardus Winandoko, SJ...

The world turns its eyes towards the Vatican with expectation as the Catholic Church stands at a historic threshold – the beginning of the papal conclave to elect the next Supreme Pontiff...

Let us pray that through work, each person might find fulfilment, families might be sustained in dignity, and that society might be humanized.

From his election on 13 March 2013 to his final Easter blessing, Pope Francis embodied the Jesuit ideals of the magis (the greater good). His radical humility and his actions ad maiorem Dei gloriam (“for the greater glory of God”) were seen throughout his papacy...

“A flame is perhaps the image that best conveys the essence of Francis’ inspiration... There is a flame that has always moved him from within: the ‘peace of restlessness’, which is the oxymoron par excellence of the Jesuits, the fruit of ‘discernment’...”

“I am naturally inclined to see more continuity than rupture, more developments than changes of direction. This does not prevent me from affirming that there are new developments, but it means experiencing them as part of the journey...”

“Dear brothers and sisters, there are many ways to approach the life of Pope Francis, who wore the sandals of the fisherman, those of the Apostle Peter, in the style of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. A style that was formed and matured over many years of formation, service...”