For Jesuit Fr. Antonio Spadaro, traveling alongside Pope Francis was never just about logistics or protocol; it was about witnessing a deeply human and profoundly spiritual way of leading the church.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. More ...

Jesuit Father Paul Mankowski was a legend to those who knew him. There were stories that floated around: He never owned more than he could put into a medium-sized box; he blessed the meal at the ...

Jesuit educational environments have inherited a distinctive characteristic directly derived from the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the mindset of the earliest companions who co-founded ...

A portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, by Giuseppe FranchiDEA / VENERANDA BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA / De Agostini / Getty Images When I entered the Jesuit order 25 years ...

The Society of Jesus, goes an old Jesuit joke, is “a monarchy limited only by the incompetence of its superiors and the insubordination of their subjects.” Since the death last October of the Very Rev ...

A major contribution of the Council of Trent was the seminary system, whereby young men were trained to become priests through specialized courses in public speaking, philosophy, and theology. (Before ...

Sts. Peter and Paul Church, a Jesuit-staffed church in downtown Detroit, is pictured in this undated photo. Starting in 2028, the Society of Jesus in the United States and Canada will combine its five ...