Pope Francis, who died Monday at 88, was the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church. What is a Jesuit? What to know ...

The cause of death for Pope Francis has been released, hours after it was announced that the head of the Roman Catholic ...

Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference on ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

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Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus - also known as the Jesuits. Here are some essential facts about the Jesuits.

Before the College of Cardinals elected Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio pope during the most recent papal conclave in 2013, the overwhelming consensus was that there would never be a Jesuit ...

Oklahoma leaders, notably the two Catholic bishops in the state, share statements in wake of death of Pope Francis.

The Society of Jesus, commonly called the Jesuits, are an order of "priests, brothers, scholastics and novices," according to its website. At 14,000-plus members, the Jesuits tout themselves as ...