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Francis is the first Jesuit pope. This was a significant appointment because of the sometimes tense relations between the Society of Jesus and the Holy See. [142] He came in second to Cardinal Ratzinger on all the ballots in the 2005 conclave and, at the time, appeared as the only other viable candidate. [143]
It is sometimes said that in 2013 the first Jesuit pope was elected, Pope Francis, however Pope Leo XIII is an earlier contender. The following is a complete list of contemporary living Jesuit cardinals. [2] Three of them are above 80 years of age and thus are ineligible as a papal elector.
Pope Francis Blessed Jan Beyzym, Missionary in Madagascar Tadeusz Brzozowski (1749-1820) first post-restoration General. Jakob Balde, German latinist, court chaplain to Maximillian I; John Ballard, English Jesuit priest executed for being involved in an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope. In 2013, the Jesuit cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became Pope Francis. Before he became pope, he had been appointed a bishop when he was in "virtual estrangement from the Jesuits" since he was seen as "an enemy of liberation theology" and viewed by others as "still far too orthodox".
Francis is the first Jesuit pope and is known to have joined the Jesuit order hoping to become a missionary in Japan. Scorsese’s manager Rick Yorn did not immediately respond to a request for ...
On 7 March 1801, Pope Pius VII issued the brief Catholicae fidei, giving approval to the existence of the Society in Russia and allowing the Society there to elect a Superior General for Russia. This was the first step to the Society's eventual restoration. The Superiors General in Russia were: Franciszek Kareu (7 March 1801 – 11 August 1802)
Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down. On the ...
A charter was proposed to the pope, which was received favourably and ultimately given solemn approval in this Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae of 1540. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first group of Jesuits, then known simply as "reformed priests", proceeded to unanimously elect Ignatius as their Superior General , despite his opposition.