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February 6, 2019

Jesuit Father Arrupe's sainthood cause officially opens

St. Teresa of Kolkata is pictured in 1982 with Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe in Rome. The sainthood cause for Father Arrupe was formally opened in Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Feb. 5, 2019, the 28th anniversary of his death. He was superior general of the Jesuits from 1965 to 1983.
ROME – The sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe was formally opened in Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Feb. 5, the 28th anniversary of Father Arrupe's death.
Published in Faith
December 3, 2018

Do not fall into 'spiritual worldliness', clericalism, Pope Francis tells Jesuits

Pope Francis leads an audience with faculty and staff of the Jesuits' International College of the Gesu at the Vatican Dec. 3. The pope, a Jesuit, told his brethren that they have to be lambs when fighting the wolves.
VATICAN – There is no growth without some form of crisis and no victory without a battle, Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits.
Published in Vatican
July 13, 2018

Preparations begin for Father Arrupe's sainthood cause, postulator of Jesuits says

The general postulator of the Society of Jesus said he has begun compiling all of the writings of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe and seeking eyewitnesses who can attest to the holiness of order's late superior general. Father Arrupe is pictured in an undated photo.
VATICAN – The general postulator of the Society of Jesus said he has begun compiling all of the writings of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe and seeking eyewitnesses who can attest to the holiness of order's late superior general.
Published in International