The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:58:08 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Jesuits evicted from residence after Nicaragua university seized /home/international/item/35797-jesuits-evicted-from-residence-after-nicaragua-university-seized /home/international/item/35797-jesuits-evicted-from-residence-after-nicaragua-university-seized

Nicaraguan officials evicted a team of Jesuits from their home in the capital city of Managua shortly after seizing a prestigious university from the religious order -- an act the Society of Jesus called a "spectacle."

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International Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:01:58 -0400
Updated: Jesuits of Canada name abusers among its ranks /item/35346-jesuits-of-canada-name-abusers-among-its-ranks /item/35346-jesuits-of-canada-name-abusers-among-its-ranks

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Jesuit Fathers have published the names of 27 of their own men who, over a span of 70 years, have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children and young people under 18. 

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:15:44 -0400
Jesuits offer Trudeau their Haiti expertise /item/35009-jesuits-offer-trudeau-their-haiti-expertise /item/35009-jesuits-offer-trudeau-their-haiti-expertise

As Canada prepares to take the lead among the Core Group trying to solve HaitiöÏÓãÊÓƵapp anarchic and violent crisis, CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp top Jesuit is offering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a precious resource — 55 Haitian Jesuits, including 35 currently in the troubled Caribbean nation. 

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:34:02 -0500
Jesuits wary of religious orders’ call for UN troops in Haiti /item/34684-jesuits-wary-of-religious-orders-call-for-un-troops-in-haiti /item/34684-jesuits-wary-of-religious-orders-call-for-un-troops-in-haiti

As 20 religious orders resident in Haiti have banded together to beg for international intervention to end chaos and violence rampant in the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, HaitiöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Jesuits are standing aside.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:51:24 -0400
Ideology threatens Church unity, Pope Francis tells Canadian Jesuits /item/34666-ideology-threatens-church-unity-pope-francis-tells-canadian-jesuits /item/34666-ideology-threatens-church-unity-pope-francis-tells-canadian-jesuits

The unity of the Catholic Church's bishops is fundamental in correcting past wrongs and in confronting challenges today, Pope Francis said.

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Canada Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:41:39 -0400
Editorial: Pentecostal love /columns/item/34470-editorial-pentecostal-love /columns/item/34470-editorial-pentecostal-love

The 17th-century polymath Blaise Pascal wrote that the eternal silence of the heavens’ infinite spaces terrified him.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:54:48 -0400
Jesuit connection to University of Sudbury comes to an end /item/33526-jesuit-connection-to-university-of-sudbury-comes-to-an-end /item/33526-jesuit-connection-to-university-of-sudbury-comes-to-an-end

The University of Sudbury, which has ties to the Jesuits that go back 108 years, has officially become a non-denominational and Francophone in its quest to secure its future as an independent post-secondary institution.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:21:17 -0400
Fr. Stan Swamy led fight for the oppressed /home/international/item/33314-fr-stan-swamy-led-fight-for-the-oppressed /home/international/item/33314-fr-stan-swamy-led-fight-for-the-oppressed

THRISSUR, India -- Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, jailed on dubious terrorism charges since October, died July 5 at Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai. He was 84.

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International Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:53:08 -0400
High Court orders jailed Indian Jesuit to hospital for evaluation /home/international/item/33115-high-court-orders-jailed-indian-jesuit-to-hospital-for-evaluation /home/international/item/33115-high-court-orders-jailed-indian-jesuit-to-hospital-for-evaluation

MUMBAI, India -- The High Court in Mumbai ordered prison authorities to take an ailing 84-year-old Jesuit to the hospital, as it heard his appeal to receive bail on medical grounds, Indian media reported.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 19 May 2021 14:34:29 -0400
The law, theology ... and Happy the elephant /item/33046-the-law-theology-and-happy-the-elephant /item/33046-the-law-theology-and-happy-the-elephant

Is an animal a person?

ThatöÏÓãÊÓƵapp the central question surrounding the fate of a 48-year-old female Asian elephant in the Bronx Zoo named Happy, a question that has enticed legal, moral and even theological debate.

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Canada Sun, 02 May 2021 07:00:00 -0400