National Catholic Reporter

Jesuits elect Venezuelan as new head of order

Jesuit Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, a member of the Jesuits' Venezuelan province, was elected the first non-European superior general of the Society of Jesus Oct. 14. The 212 voting delegates to the ...
National Catholic Register

Jesuit Superior Father Sosa: Pope Francis Did Not Seek Popularity

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference on Thursday, saying Francis “did not seek to please everyone” or to ...
The Hoya

Jesuits Elect New Superior General

Fr. Arturo Sosa, S.J., a former visiting researcher at Georgetown’s Center for Latin American Studies, was elected the 31st superior general of the Society of Jesus and the first non-European superior ...
America Magazine

‘We are not animals, Father’: Jesuit superior general on the rights of migrants

Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, celebrates Mass at the Church of the Gesù in Rome on Oct. 16, 2016. (CNS photo/Don Doll, S.J.) This article is a Cover Story selection, a ...
America Magazine

Jesuit superior general reaffirms Jesuits’ availability to Pope Leo XIV

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits, speaks at a news conference in Rome April 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Roughly three hours after Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of ...