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“How many times did you hear Pope Francis ask: “Please, pray for me!”? Those words were never a mere courtesy – they expressed a deep conviction: Francis believed wholeheartedly in the fruitfulness of prayer...”

The Holy Father has appointed Fr Michael T. Castori, SJ, as the new bishop of Honolulu. Pope Leo XIV has also appointed Fr Joseph Samedi, SJ, as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bangui in the Central African Republic.

In the sixteenth episode of Ignite the Way video series, Fr Stephen Sundborg, SJ, former president and current chancellor of Seattle University, discusses the application of “discernment in common” within boards of institutions such as universities and schools. He emphasizes that discernment...

The first year of a pontificate is measured not only by the decisions taken or the documents published, but by the underlying orientation that begins to become visible. In the case of Leo XIV, this orientation can be expressed with disarming simplicity: peace as a gift that is born in the heart...

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...