Communications Office

When, in March 2013, a Jesuit appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, Clara Sayans could not have imagined how profoundly his pontificate would transform her faith and her life’s work. In this deeply personal reflection, she traces her journey from a university common room in Madrid...

Four hundred and eighty-four years ago, the Apostle of Asia stepped ashore in Portuguese India – marking both the end of a long formation and the beginning of a ministry that would span a continent. The arrival of St Francis Xavier (1506–1552) in Goa, India, on 6 May 1542 was at once a...

Fr Joseph Anthony de Mello, SJ, in the fifteenth episode of Ignite the Way video series discusses the importance of cultivating a culture of discernment in our daily lives. Discernment, often associated with major decisions like opening communities or expanding ministries, is in fact...

There is an ostensibly simple sign that hangs in the entryway of The Loyola School. It greets students and visitors alike as they step from the streets of Baltimore into what once was a string of rowhomes but now is a center for early learning and childhood development...

In August 2027 in Montreal, the Jesuit Global Network of Schools (JGNS) will mark the conclusion of another 9‑year cycle of global gatherings– and the beginning of a new one. This milestone is more than another anniversary; it is the continuation of an intentional plan for global collaboration...

The Holy Father’s intention for the month of May, “That everyone might have food,, focuses on the most urgent challenges of our time: hunger and wasted food.

On the morning of 24 March 1964, Fr Herman Rasschaert celebrated Mass in his remote parish of Kutungia, 240 kilometres from Ranchi on the Orissa border. He knew what was happening in nearby Gerda village. Word had spread: a frenzied mob was attacking Muslims trapped...

Fr Rachans Lukose, SJ, in the fourteenth episode of Ignite the Way video series, reflects on the process of communal discernment within religious communities, emphasizing its importance as a means to seek and follow God's will collectively. Drawing from personal experience in guiding religious groups...

What began as a simple encounter between urban students and forgotten hamlets has evolved into a profound Jesuit mission of accompaniment. For eight years, St. Xavier’s University Kolkata has answered the Society of Jesus’ call to “walk with the excluded” through its transformative...

More than 22 million people in over 90 countries pray each month around the same intention – the one the Pope puts forward. They don’t belong to the same organization or follow the same program, but are united across vastly different contexts – parishes, shrines, prayer groups...

In the context of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, which will be held in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24 to 29 April 2026, the Jesuits for Climate Justice Campaign is presenting its Statement for COP31...

Father Francis Pudhicherry, SJ, has been appointed Provincial of the Gujarat Province by Father General Arturo Sosa, SJ. Since 2021, he has been rector of De Nobili College in Pune, where Jesuit scholastics study philosophy and theology. He also teaches spiritual theology...