Society of Jesus

All sectors of the church are invited to participate in the Laudato Si' Action Platform, the Vatican-backed initiative to encourage concrete action on sustainability and climate change. Based on Pope Francis' landmark encyclical on care for creation, it aims to spark a cultural shift away from exploitation of the planet and its resources.

Newly published remarks from Pope Francis' meeting with Slovakian Jesuits include mention of a "large Catholic television channel" that is critical of him. The pope also spoke his more welcoming approach to marriage and family life, his recovery from his recent surgery and traditionalist priests. 

The Jesuit order is pledging to raise $100 million for descendants of people their order once enslaved and sold as a way to make reparations.

A Catholic panel analyzing a path forward during moments of strife or of social sin said the only way to move ahead as a society toward healing is to recognize the damage done to a person or communities, to lay the truth out for everyone to see.

Perspective: As a gay priest, you tend to think of your silence as a required act of self-sacrifice. But our self-erasure contributes to other people believing there is no place for them in the church or the world.

The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims by 96 Jesuits since the late 1920s.

Commentary: Jesuit Frs. Arrupe and Delp, born in 1907, were both political prisoners during World War II whose examples offer teachings we can apply this Advent.

Signs of the Times: Dear Pope Francis, it is extremely disappointing that almost all the photos of you since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have shown you without a mask.