Curia

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?

Father General has appointed Fr. Girish Santiago as the new Regional Superior of the Myanmar Dependent Region. This region is in relationship with the Philippine Province.

What helps towards building a lasting peace? In his 1 January message, Pope Francis identifies three ways to nurture peace...

In the midst of a world of storms and grey clouds, this depiction of the Nativity by Jesuit artist Peter Girasek invites us to focus our attention on what is bright.

The corridor of visitors’ rooms at the General Curia began to come alive again in November. Among the guests, 14 new Major Superiors...

One of the first students at the Jesuit “college” in Mechelen (Belgium), John Berchmans became a model and patron both for the students and for the young Jesuits...

Among recent visitors to the General Curia, we had the opportunity to meet with Bishop Antoine Audo, a Jesuit and bishop of the Chaldean community in Syria.

Original manuscripts of the Spiritual Exercises, the Spiritual Diary of Saint Ignatius, the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus...