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In a ceremony that drew tens of thousands of worshippers from all over to St Peter’s Square in Rome, Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati on 7 September 2025.

Tabitha, 35, is fondly known as Mama Chinedu by the other people living in Salama Camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), Adamawa State, Nigeria. She’s from the Nigerian town of Madagali but was forced to flee her home due to the Boko Haram insurgency...

On 6 September 2025, Fr Eduard Profittlich, Jesuit, Archbishop, and martyr, will be beatified in Tallinn, Estonia. The exemplary life of this Jesuit is one that speaks to the heart of what it means to be a pastor who gives himself completely to Christ and to God’s people.

Let us pray that, inspired by Saint Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect.

Emerging from last year’s Second Session of the General Assembly of Synod, the Church is entering into a responsive moment, an Implementation Phase, that calls forth local engagement in parish communities, theological schools, and episcopal centres...

The COJESEDU, the organizing committee for the II Congress JESEDU-Montreal 2027, held its second meeting from August 6 to 8, 2025, in Montreal. The meeting brought together key figures from the Jesuit Global Network of Schools (JGNS)...

“Climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation.” Pope Francis

JRS Belgium takes care of migrants in detention centres before their forced return to the country of origin; the importance of “being-with” and of listening to foster hope and resilience.

The story of Maryam as a successful example of the community empowerment project, run by JRS Indonesia. A story of hope and resilience: “I don’t feel like a foreigner; I’m so much more motivated than before”.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Richard D’Souza SJ as Director of the Vatican Observatory. Fr D’Souza, who has been a staff member at the Observatory since 2016, succeeds Br Guy Consolmagno SJ whose mandate ends in September 2025.

When sport helps to create opportunities of gatherings, recreation, promotion of women, friendship and interreligious links, all-in-one at Arrupe Migrant Center at the Jesuit St Joseph Church in Beirut.

JRS South Asia offers a wide range of services to both refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), with a particular focus on facilitating reconciliation and providing mental health support.