Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It’s one of the most ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

Political activists, pastors and media personalities alike seem eager to enlist Jesus as a kind of spiritual mascot for their ...

"To our knowledge, this is the first time in United States history that the Vatican has approved a shift in ownership of a ...

Sun-Times files Share This weekend, thousands of people will flock to Easter Sunday Masses at Catholic Churches throughout ... That approach borders on spiritual malpractice.

Parishioners from area churches, including the Most Holy Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ in the border community of Rio Rico, Arizona, were also there. They were joined by staff members and ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned ... in the hills and deserts around Bethlehem (believed to be Jesus’s birthplace) and Jerusalem (where he was crucified).

On a cold, windy Monday outside Detroit's oldest Catholic parish, a Border Patrol car rolled by ... after the mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, who is a patron saint of parts of France.