Piero is a deacon
“You who will come into contact with the Body and Blood of Christ on the altar, do you want to dedicate your whole life to Him?” “Yes, with God’s help,… Read more
News Archive
Death of Pope Francis, letter from Father General to the whole Society
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025. Father General Arturo Sosa invites prayers for the repose of Pope Francis’ soul and addresses a… Read more
Fr. Alessio : “Forward, with Francis’ dream”
A Church on the move, a pilgrim of hope, that listens, discerns – and responds – to challenges. ‘With deep sadness and sincere gratitude, today we come together in remembrance… Read more
Caravita soup kitchen: learning from the poor
A soup kitchen to train young people to serve the poor to respond to the growing perception of poverty in Rome’s historic centre. This is how the canteen of the… Read more
Astalli Annual Report: the pedagogy of the gaze, medicine against barbarism
Centro Astalli, the Italian branch of the Jesuit Refugee Service, presented the Annual Report 2025: a tool to understand through data and statistics what are the main nationalities of the… Read more
Civiltà Cattolica celebrates its 175th anniversary
A message from Pope Francis launched the ceremony held in the afternoon of April 1, at the Villa Malta headquarters in Rome to mark the anniversary of the magazine’s founding.… Read more
TikTok, shorts and reels: social media enter the seminary
Stories, videos, shorts, reels, scripts, editing including the analysis of risks and potential of social media, short history, language, usefulness. These are the essential elements of a workshop that Fr.… Read more
On mission at the university. Yes, but how?
In a secularized, post-pandemic era, a chaplain of a public university, alone and outside the contexts of the Society of Jesus and the Church, how can he live such a… Read more
In the seminary? These are the conditions
Posillipo, Naples. In the interregional seminary there are about 15 young men who in recent years have asked to begin the journey. They come from 14 dioceses in Campania and… Read more
Inauguration of the ‘Iñigo’ youth centre in the heart of Genoa
Fr. Ronny Alessio: “a fertile ground where hope can be restored”. An area of about 400 square meters in the centre of Genoa, next to the Church of the Gesù,… Read more
How can one pray for the enemy if forgiveness is not a human virtue?
There are wrongs, injustices, and violence that cause so much suffering and disrupt lives and create so much anger and frustration that forgiveness is impossible. You only have to read… Read more
In Morocco, on the paths of Mediterranean Theology
From January 31 to February 7, we participated in an itinerant course in Morocco with a group of 16 people composed of students and lecturers from the St. Louis section… Read more