The head of the Jesuits in Ireland has said he is "ashamed" at the order's failure to confront abuse after the release of a new report revealing 93 complaints of sexual, physical and emotional abuse ...

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It's one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 ...

An order of Catholic priests has pledged $100 million in reparations to the descendants of people whom they owned as slaves during the early decades of the American republic. The announcement by ...

Jesuit Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, a member of the Jesuits' Venezuelan province, was elected the first non-European superior general of the Society of Jesus Oct. 14. The 212 voting delegates to the ...

NEW YORK — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit ...

ROME, Dec 14 (Reuters) - One of the Catholic Church's top sexual abuse experts has called for a review of how his own Jesuit order and the Vatican handled allegations against an internationally known ...

The case has raised questions about how the Church sanctions offenders – Copyright AFP/File CLAUDIO REYES The Catholic Jesuit order, of which Pope Francis is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billions are mourning Pope Francis, who died on April 21, and as people reflect of his life's work as the first Jesuit pope of the ...

Pope Francis greets Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik during a private audience at the Vatican in this Jan. 3, 2022, file photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order ...

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 ...