Somewhat buried in a response to a post from January 25 on NCR s website John Allen quashes some popular and widespread rumors about the election of Father Nicolas courtesy of the Jesuits s press officer Jose de Vera Here is Allen reporting on de Vera s answer to a question at the pr

From the latest press release from GC35 Father General Adolfo Nicol s capped an eventful week as the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits with a private audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI The Saturday audience began with a photo session and then the two sat down for a warm

Excerpts from a new interview taken from the CNS wire service with the new Jesuit Superior General in which he dilates on the Jesuits relationship with the Vatican the way that Asia changed him and his admiration for Gandhi ROME CNS by Cindy Wooden -- The obedience affection and

At the height of the sexual abuse crisis in Boston Cardinal Bernard Law claimed that canon law had prevented him from taking action to protect victims Victims responded Canon law was irrelevant to us Children were being abused Sexual predators were being protected The Boston Globe July 7 200

Pope Addresses Diplomats Addressing diplomats from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI warned that numerous armed conflicts and social disorders have left global stability in a fragile situation. The pope said Jan. 7, that the latest attack on Christian churches in Iraq reflects a continuing climate

If I’m ever in a situation where I’m permanently unconscious and unable to eat,” says my father, “I’m begging you: Let me go. I don’t want to be kept alive by a feeding tube.” We are sitting at my parents’ table on a pleasant Sunday morning, with advan

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Pope attacks the cruelty of Atheism" and Pope Replies to The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins were two of the headlines that greeted Benedict XVIs second encyclical, Saved by Hope (Spe Salvi). An Anglican bishop was more on target when he told me: I welcome this encyclical on Christian hope. Hope is

AMDG Father Adolfo Nicolas of Spain has been elected today as the 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus by the Delegates of the 35th General Congregation and his election has been confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI Here is some biographical information about Father General from the

Cambridge MA Last week I was in Culver City California -- the famed movie town in the midst of Los Angeles I was there to visit the Jesuit Novitiate of the California Province to give a 3-day seminar on interreligious dialogue and related issues to the first year novices of the California and