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On the same day that Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Eucharist in front of St. Peter’s with the tens of thousands who have gathered for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, the Vatican officially released the Holy Father’s first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te...

We know a lot about the ‘Canadian Martyrs’, starting with Jean de Brébeuf. But let’s be guided by a lesser-known but no less fascinating Jesuit, Fr Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot. He was born in 1611, the same year that two Jesuits came to Port-Royal, Acadia, and...

On this Jubilee Year dedicated to Pilgrims of Hope, JRS invites you to welcome refugees and migrants and the gifts they bring us. On the weekend of 4–5 October 2025, the Church will celebrate the Jubilee of Migrants in Rome in the presence of Pope Leo XIV. Two days of encounters...

Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice and human fraternity.

In February 2019, Pope Francis missioned the Society of Jesus with the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs). The fourth Preference, “To collaborate in the care of our Common Home”, is grounded in Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical Laudato si’...

On September 26, the feast day of the Canadian Martyrs (according to the Canadian liturgical calendar), the Jesuit community of Quebec City, in union with the Catholic Church of Quebec City and at the invitation of its pastor, Cardinal Gérald Lacroix, will commemorate...

In a compelling convergence of faith, science, and ethical innovation, the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) convened the African Jesuits in Science (AJIS) Symposium 2025 under the theme “Smart Planet, Just Future: AI and Ecology in the Fight for Sustainability”...

As part of the “Jesuits for Climate Justice: Faith in Action at COP30” campaign, we would like to present the Faith and Ecology Podcast, a nine-episode series inspired by the 4th Universal Apostolic Preference and the 10th anniversaries of the Laudato si’ Encyclical and the Paris Agreement...

An ecumenical group of Christians in Jerusalem, including the emeritus Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, other bishops, clergy, and lay people, who have long worked for justice, equality, and peace, have spoken out in the face of ongoing war...

Four centuries ago, a Jesuit from Lithuania, Fr Andrius Rudamina, crossed oceans and cultures, arriving in Goa, India, in 1625 with a heart set on spreading the Good News of the Gospel. Marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Fr Rudamina in India, Pope Leo XIV...

The Jesuit Association of Secondary and Basic Education in Africa and Madagascar (JASBEAM) Colloquium 2025, hosted at St George’s College in Harare, Zimbabwe, brought together 160 educators, administrators, and Jesuit leaders from 22 nations...

The Acción Cultural Loyola (ACLO) Foundation is a network of radio stations in southeast and south-central Bolivia founded by the Society of Jesus. ACLO harnessed the power of radio to uplift and educate rural communities. Through community-based media...