24 December...

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1567/ Barely 35 years after the Society was founded, the first Jesuits to enter what is now Colombia disembarked at Cartagena on their way to Peru, sent by St. Francis Borgia at the request of King Philip II.

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Father General visits South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe

Father General is visiting South-Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe from the 11th to the 21st of December.
Click to read more and to look at the slideshows about South Africa and Kenya.

Jesuits at the Climate Conference in Copenhagen

Two Jesuits from OCIPE in Brussels, José Ignacio Garcia (CAS) and Jacques Haers (BSE), are present at the COP15 Climate Conference in Copenhagen as NGO observers, part of a team of Franciscans International. They keep up a blog, with posts in English and in Spanish, reflecting their personal reflections and experiences. This blog can be visited at: http://ignatianeconet.wordpress.com.