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Facade of the Central American University (UCA), before being expropriated by the Ortega dictatorship.

Latin American Catholic college organization condemns seizure of Nicaraguan Jesuit university

Aug 28, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The organization expressed its “deep concern over the siege, the confiscation of assets, and the closure suffered by the Central... Read more

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Jesuit university divests from fossil fuels after a six-year process

Aug 10, 2023

By Daniel Payne

Jesuit-run Seattle University said last month that it had fully “scrubbed its endowment portfolio of fossil fuel investments.” Read more

A drag performer dresses up as a Catholic religious sister and dances provocatively on stage while wearing a gay pride flag.

Students protesting annual drag show at Catholic university threatened with violence

May 19, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

A group of students protesting an annual drag show at Loyola University Chicago said a group of counterprotesters destroyed their... Read more

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Catholic education expert decries drag show at Saint Joseph's University

Apr 28, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

How does a drag show fit the mission of a Catholic university? That is what a Catholic education expert asked... Read more

Belvedere College, Dublin

Irish Jesuits apologize for ‘shameful’ mishandling of abuse case

Jul 28, 2021

By Jonah McKeown

Following the leak of the Irish Jesuits’ draft inquiry into sexual abuse committed by a deceased member, the order on... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Jan. 31, 2018.

University should not be for the privileged few, Pope Francis says in Japan

Nov 25, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

At a Jesuit university in Tokyo on Tuesday, Pope Francis said a quality university education should not be something out... Read more