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"Black Pope" is an unofficial designation given to the position of Superior General of the Order of the Jesuits. [2] The name follows from his leadership of the largest Catholic, male religious order [3] and from the colour of the plain black cassock worn by members of the Society, including the Superior General. [4]
Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal SJ (born 12 November 1948) is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who serves as the 31st and present superior general of the Society of Jesus.He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation on 14 October 2016, succeeding Adolfo Nicolás.
Nicolás, after consulting with Pope Francis, determined to resign after his 80th birthday, and initiated the process of calling a Jesuit General Congregation to elect his successor. Until the resignation of his predecessor, Peter Hans Kolvenbach , it was not the norm for a Jesuit Superior General to resign; like the great majority of the Popes ...
Black Pope is the nickname of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Black Pope or The Black Pope may also refer to: Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian politician and prime minister of Italy nicknamed "The Black Pope" Anton LaVey (1930–1997), American author, musician, occultist, and founder of the Church of Satan labeled "The ...
The archbishop of Washington, D.C., made history on Saturday by becoming the first African-American cardinal of the Catholic Church. Wilton Gregory, 72, was one of 13 men installed as princes of ...
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.
The Rupnik case has been problematic for the pope, the Vatican and the Jesuits from the start, because of suggestions the priest was given favorable treatment by a Vatican dominated by Jesuits and ...
The pope made it to a church... named after a fellow jesuit St. Peter Claver, the self-described "slave of the slaves forever," who was a minister to thousands of African slaves in the 17th century.