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He had the courage to question, to act when he did not get the right answers. He paid the price with his life.

Pope Francis has complained that traditionalist Catholics, particularly in the United States, are “gagging” the church’s modernizing reforms and insisted that there was no turning back.

Competing Catholicisms explores the impact of Jesuit missions on the development of Christianity in postcolonial French Africa.

By a decree of March 28, 2022 published in the Official Journal on March 29, Florence Mangin was appointed French Ambassador to the Holy See by the President of the French Republic. The post had been vacant since the retirement of Elisabeth Beton-Delègue on December 31.

The following homily was given by Fr David Stewart SJ on 22 January in Edinburghs Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart at a Thanksgiving Mass on the day four martyrs were beatified in El Salvador. The main celebrant was Archbishop Leo Cushley of the Archdiocese of Saint Andrew...

School of Theology and Ministry Dean Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., who helped create a caring, close-knit community among STM students and faculty while leading the school to the upper echelons in global rankings, has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of the spring semester.

John Padberg, S.J., the noted Jesuit historian, died on Christmas Day. He is remembered here by his longtime friend and colleague, John W. O'Malley, S.J.

The University of Scranton celebrated the Inauguration of Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., as its 29th President.

Stephen Chow, S.J. (photo courtesy the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus)  In a surprise move, after a search that lasted more than two years, Pope Francis has named the Jesuit Stephen Chow Sau-yan, 61, the provincial of the Chinese province of the Jesuits, as the ninth Catholic bishop of Hong Kong. The Vatican announced this at noon today, Rome time, May 17. The diocese has been without a bishop since Jan. 3, 2019, when Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung died after leading the diocese fo...