Curia News

At a time when the world is once again shaken by rumours of war, Pope Francis makes a strong appeal to Catholics to leave behind their personal interests and dedicate themselves to the common good.

At the outset of the Ignatian Year last May, we began to air this series written and illustrated by young Jesuits from Spain. With the collaboration of other Jesuits, the group produced 13 episodes...

For the past 30 years, the Catholic Church has used the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, on 11 February, to call on the faithful to never forget the sick in their prayers.

Father General has appointed Fr. Kwon Oh-chang as the new Delegate for the Cambodia Mission (attached to the Korean Province).

Claudio, a Jesuit from Chile, invites us to his home in the northern part of the Brazilian Amazon. What strikes you about this “Jesuit residence”? Its great simplicity.

Father General has appointed F. Angelo Sujeewa Pathirana (51) as the new Superior Provincial of the Sri Lanka Province.

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES) call for concrete action, including an end to the violence that continues to terrorize the people of Myanmar...

There are not that many Jesuit bishops! St Ignatius stipulated in the Constitutions that Jesuits should decline “ecclesiastical dignities” - including hierarchical positions in the Church - unless explicitly requested by the Pope.

The Extended Council and Fr. General met for a week to talk about the Universal Apostolic Preferences. The Council invited six Jesuits in formation...

Among the recent visitors to the General Curia, we met Rogerio da Silva, a Brazilian Jesuit who has spent some seven years ministering in Haiti.

Religious poverty is a topical and even controversial issue. In a letter on Jesuit poverty last September 2021, Fr. General, Arturo Sosa, called us...

How can we respond to Pope Francis’ invitation to create a ‘new normal’? What is the impact of COVID on our world order? How can we resist the temptation to try to put all the pieces back together as they were?