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As of 2012, the Jesuits formed the largest single religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church. [166] The Jesuits have experienced a decline in numbers in recent decades. As of 2022, the society had 14,439 members (10,432 priests, 837 brothers, 2,587 scholastics, and 583 novices). [163]
"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]
Jesuit formation, or the training of Jesuits, is the process by which candidates are prepared for ordination or brotherly service in the Society of Jesus, the world's largest male Catholic religious order. The process is based on the Constitution of the Society of Jesus written by Ignatius of Loyola and approved in 1550. There are various ...
Fr. Joseph O'Callahan (right), a Jesuit priest, is presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman. Claude Dablon, Superior General of all the Canadian missions (1670-1680) Saint Antoine Daniel, North American martyr; Cardinal Jean Daniélou, author, scholar, and member of the French Academy; Alfred Delp, German hanged for his opposition ...
Jerome D'Souza – Indian Jesuit, member of the Constituent Assembly of India 1946–50; José Manuel Gallegos – Priest and New Mexico delegate from 1853 to 1856; Ivan Grubišić – Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and independent representative in the Croatian Parliament; Andrej Hlinka – Slovak public activist and Catholic priest
The Jesuits said Monday that a famous artist priest is definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women, and lamented they couldn't ...
The Jesuit provinces were first organized into an "assistancy" (a regional grouping of provinces), [16] called the Jesuit Conference of the United States, in 1972. [17] A new, consolidated assistancy was created in 2014, called the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States , under which all the provinces in the two countries are organized.
The Vatican has decided to shut down a Slovenian-based female religious community founded by a controversial ex-Jesuit artist accused by some women of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuses.