Speeches

Five years ago, the Society of Jesus received four Universal Apostolic Preferences as a mission from the Holy Father. Pope Francis underlined the first as fundamental. “Showing the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment” is, without a doubt...

February marks five years since the Holy Father gave the Society four special orientations for mission – our Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs).

In his Christmas message, Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Jesuits, wishes to support the desire, hope and prayer for peace of Jesuits and the many partners in mission. He invites us to be inspired by Francis of Assisi, of course, but also by...

“The Senate of the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (BBU) awards the title of Doctor honoris causa to the Reverend Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus, for his support of academic theological education...”

The Society of Jesus shares the sorrow of the whole Church on the occasion of the death of the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, at the same time giving thanks to God for the gift of his person to the Church and to the world.

Fr. Arturo Sosa extends his Christmas and New Year wishes to not only his fellow Jesuit companions but also to all those who are committed in one way or another to spreading the light and grace that the Child of Bethlehem brings to the world.

“First of all, thank you for accepting the invitation to participate in this pre-Christmas meeting organized by the Communications Office and other members of the General Curia of the Society of Jesus. We greatly appreciate the communication work you do every day...”

Father General met with teachers and students at the Red Cloud Indian High School, experienced Lakota culture at the Heritage Center, and met with community leaders.

“As universities whose identity includes the commitment to the mission of reconciliation and justice, we have the enormous responsibility of helping to distinguish the truth from the falsehoods used to justify...”

On Thursday, 14 July, Fr. General Arturo Sosa SJ spoke during the X Congress of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) at the San Ignacio Sarria College in Barcelona.

Fr. Arturo Sosa begins his explanation of how the Society of Jesus’ mission is not just a concern for Jesuits by drawing on the material of the book’s eleventh and final chapter, which he wrote for the Ignatian Year.

he Major Superiors of around 120 male religious congregations convened near Rome during the week of 24 May. The organization’s President is Fr Arturo Sosa. In a lecture titled ‘Encounter as a Dimension of Cultures and a Path to Peace’...