Jesuits

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega has declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and mandated the confiscation of all its assets.

Jesuit Father Thomas Reese has asserted that anyone who doubts the climate crisis “is so deep in denial they would not flee a burning house if their clothes were on fire.”

Jesuit Father James Martin, an LGBT advocate, affirmed Saturday his belief that two men can enter into a real marriage that must be recognized as such.

Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki has issued a public correction of Jesuit Father James Martin for his insistence that pro-abortion Catholic politicians have the right to receive Holy Communion.

ROME — Jesuit Father James Martin declared this week that Gay Pride celebrations show us “whom Jesus calls us to love” and therefore are “deeply complementary” with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The war between Russia and Ukraine is not black and white and Russia was perhaps “provoked” into invading Ukraine, Pope Francis said in an interview published Wednesday.

LGBT advocate Father James Martin, SJ,  said Thursday that churches have a special duty to celebrate Gay Pride, since much anti-gay violence has been “motivated by religion.”

Australian Cardinal George Pell has called on the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF) to reprimand two outspoken bishops for their rejection of Church teaching regarding homosexuality.

Catholics can support a woman’s right to kill her unborn child in good conscience declared Jesuit Father Pat Conroy in an interview published Wednesday in the Washington Post.

The head of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE) warned EU politicians this weekend that belittling Christians only serves to drive them toward populist parties.

Loyola Marymount University is hosting an on-campus Planned Parenthood fundraiser Friday, sponsored by LMU Women in Politics, a registered student organization at the university.

Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a Catholic school, will host a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood on Friday, November 5.

Jesuit Father James Martin told Italian media that the U.S. bishops are obsessed with abortion, which clouds their vision on other equally important issues.

Pope Francis had harsh words for those who criticize him, saying such attacks are “the work of the devil,” La Civiltà Cattolica revealed Tuesday.

Pope Francis has praised the controversial Jesuit Father James Martin for his LGBT ministry, urging him to continue forward with “compassion and tenderness.”

Pope Francis has appointed Jesuit Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan to be the new Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong as the latest elevation of members of his order to positions of influence.

Joe Biden is the “most aggressively anti-Catholic President in history” despite his outward show of piety, Virginia priest and director of Human Life International, Father Jerry Pokorsky, states.

British papal biographer Austen Ivereigh has called for a “reckoning” against pro-life U.S. Catholics, insisting that they enabled the Jan. 6 Capitol violence by refusing to support pro-abortion politicians.

Jesuit Father James Martin wrote this week that a number of Catholic bishops and priests stoked the January 6 Capitol riots by characterizing the Democratic Party as the “party of death,” for which they need to repent.

The editors of America magazine, the flagship publication of the Jesuit order in the U.S., has issued an “unprecedented warning” against voting for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.

The progressive leader of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) has called on Europeans to open their doors to migrants stranded in camps in Libya, Lesbos, and Lampedusa.

A Jesuit-led Roman Catholic parish asks parishioners to recite a “pledge” during Mass that affirms “the culture of white supremacy must be dismantled.”

Prominent Jesuit Father Thomas Reese has taken to Twitter to promote the national kick-off of Catholics for Biden, a “grassroots” group promoting the Democrat ticket in November.

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley issued a statement reiterating the Catholic Church’s position on abortion after one of his priests came out as pro-choice on Facebook this week.

A prominent Jesuit priest reiterated his belief this week that it is acceptable for Catholics to vote for Catholic candidates who openly support abortion on demand.

The Jesuit Post is urging the imposition of a U.S. carbon tax to “disincentivize” the use of fossil fuels and “generate revenue” to address the negative effects of climate change.

The Rome-based Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica has announced the launch of a new edition of the magazine in simplified Chinese, Vatican News reported Monday.

The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has held up British Jesuits as an example of an effective commitment to combating climate change, which it calls “the most urgent challenge” we face.

The Jesuit order in Britain announced Wednesday they are dumping fossil fuel stocks from their $517,500 investment portfolio because of the fuel companies’ complicity in the “climate crisis.”

LGBT promoter Father James Martin SJ has chosen a painting from a collection titled Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision to illustrate the scene of Jesus driving money changers from the temple.

LGBT promoter Father James Martin has questioned whether the biblical condemnation of homosexual behavior may be mistaken, referencing the example of slavery.

A number of Catholic bishops have added their voices to criticism of Jesuit Father James Martin, America’s most prominent pro-LGBT priest.

Those who attack Pope Francis are playing the long game, hoping to influence the outcome of the next papal elections, said Father Arturo Sosa, the superior general of the Jesuit order this week.

Students at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, are protesting the university president’s recent decision to cancel the school’s annual “drag show.” The Jesuit university has been hosting the event showcasing local drag performers since 2013.

A Jesuit priest brought a group of children who had just received their first Communion to the hospital to bless a gay man who had announced his intention to marry his partner and then commit suicide.

The superior general of the Jesuits said this week that no country has the right to turn away migrants, claiming the land belongs to everyone.