Saturday, January 12, 2008

Jesuit General Congregation Black Pope Election Ignored by U.S. newpapers

As of 10:15 PM, January 11, 2007, Google news searches of "Black Pope Kolvenbach" and of "Jesuit General Congregation" show that the largest newspapers (those with the greatest readership) have provided ZERO coverage.

A search of "Black Pope Kolvenbach":
Jesuits gather in Rome to elect new "black pope"
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Jan 7, 2008
The current superior general, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, 79, received permission from Pope Benedict to retire for reasons of age. ...
Jesuits to vote for 'Black Pope'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jan 6, 2008
The outgoing leader, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, 79, has served since 1983. He is the first head to ask to retire, a request granted by Pope Benedict. ...
Jesuits to Elect a New "Black Pope"
TIME - Jan 4, 2008
Head of Jesuits known as Black Pope, Peter-Hans Kolvenbach seen with Pope Benedict XVI, will be replaced for the first time in 25 years. ...
Aussie in race to head Jesuits
The Australian, Australia - Jan 7, 2008
Mark Raper, the Provincial of the Australian Jesuits, is believed to be among the favoured replacements for outgoing black pope Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, ...
Jesuits choose new Pope beginning today
EiTB, Spain - Jan 7, 2008
... General Congregation in which the next Superior will be chosen, the so called “Black Pope”, and who will substitute the Dutch Peter-Hans Kolvenbach. ...

And a Google news search of
"Jesuit General Congregation":
Cardinal Rodé's homily to the Jesuits
Catholic Online, CA - 29 minutes ago
ROMA (Chiesa) - Dear members of the XXXV general congregation of the Society of Jesus, St Ignatius considered the General Congregation “work and a ...
Canisius president a delegate at the Jesuit General Congregation ...
Canisius College, NY - Jan 7, 2008
Vincent M. Cooke, SJ, president of Canisius College, is in Rome to participate in the 35th Jesuit General Congregation which began on the eve of the Feast ...
Jesuits Have Sights on China
Zenit News Agency, Italy - Jan 10, 2008
He continued, saying the General Congregation "began with an evaluation of the present situation, with a discernment of what is light and what is shadow in ...
225 delegates to elect new Jesuit general superior
Catholic News Agency, CO - Jan 8, 2008
Today the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus will begin in Rome. During the meeting, 225 Jesuit delegates from around the world will elect a ...
Last Call for the Society of Jesus – To Obedience
Catholic Online, CA - 3 hours ago
... ROMA (Chiesa)– Since the day following the feast of Epiphany, 226 Jesuits from the five continents have been meeting in Rome in a general congregation, ...
Cardinal Rode Exhorts Jesuits to Love the Church Catholic Online
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National Catholic Register
Jesuits Decide Their Future
National Catholic Register, CT - Jan 8, 2008
A spokesman for the Society of Jesus explains what’s happening at the Jesuit General Congregation in Rome. Jesuit spokesman Father Jose Maria de Vera will ...
a jesuit thaw?
Catholic World News - Jan 10, 2008
As the Society of Jesus begins its General Congregation in Rome, there are signs of a new openness to criticism of Jesuit policy on the part of Jesuits ...

Catholic News Agency
Cardinal Rode calls on Jesuits to restore “sense of the Church”
Catholic News Agency, CO - Jan 8, 2008
During the opening Mass for the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of ...
Before St. Ignatius' tomb, Jesuits pray for guidance with election
Catholic News Service - Jan 7, 2008
The Jesuits' General Congregation opened Jan. 7 with Mass in Rome's Church of the Gesu, which houses the tomb of St. Ignatius. At the end of the Mass, ...
Full text of Cardinal Franc Rode's Jan. 7 Address to 35th General ...
Lifesite, NY - Jan 7, 2008
St Ignatius considered the General Congregation “work and a distraction” (Const. 677) which momentarily interrupts the apostolic commitments of a large ...

Jesuits Gather for 35th Congregation
Vatican Radio, The Vatican - Jan 6, 2008
(06 Jan 08 - RV) 225 Jesuit priest have arrived here in Rome over the weekend ahead of tomorrow’s opening mass for the 35 th General Congregation of the ...
Jesuits gather in Rome to elect new "black pope"
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Jan 7, 2008
But this year's general congregation, as the meeting is known, is different. The current superior general, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, 79, ...
The New Jesuit Superior General Is...
America Magazine (subscription), NY - Jan 3, 2008
Get ready for the start of the Jesuits' 35th General Congregation, whose first order (or nearly first order) of business will be to elect a new superior ...
Jesuits to Elect a New "Black Pope"
TIME - Jan 4, 2008
... the 16th century founder of the Jesuits, will take place in the days following next Monday's opening of the 35th General Congregation, a meeting of 226 ...
Jesuits choose new Pope beginning today
EiTB, Spain - Jan 7, 2008
Three Basque Jesuits have been elected as possible candidates The Society of Jesus begins today in Rome its 35th General Congregation in which the next ...
Cooke going to Rome for election of Jesuit leader
Buffalo News, United States - Dec 27, 2007
Vincent M. Cooke will take part in the Jesuits’ 35th General Congregation. The president of Canisius College will be among the 225 Jesuit delegates from ...
Top Vatican Cardinal Tells the Jesuits to Clean Up their Act
Lifesite, NY - Jan 7, 2008
... official who deals with religious orders, Cardinal Franc Rode, addressed the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) today. ...
Pope’s calendar in 2008 confirms life doesn’t slow down after 80
Springfield Catholic Times, IL - 21 hours ago
In early January, the Jesuits are gathering to elect a new superior general. The pope will meet with delegates of the order and their new leader in February ...
PHIL'S FORUM
Catholic World News - Jan 3, 2008
... general congregation of their order and the election of a new superior. In February 2006, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, who has led the Jesuit since ...

National Catholic Reporter
Jesuits plan for life post-Kolvenbach
National Catholic Reporter - Dec 26, 2007
The following assessment of what can be expected in the upcoming General Congregation is based on the planning documents, a lecture by historian Jesuit Fr. ...

Jesuits to meet in Rome to elect new leader
Ninemsn, Australia - Jan 3, 2008
The general congregation begins Monday, though its length has not been defined. Past congregations have lasted between 36 and 145 days. The Jesuits have ...
Devil still at work, exorcist reminds German magazine
Catholic World News - Jan 9, 2008
... that his words about Satan at the Vatican were not intended as a reference to the 35th General Congregation of the Jesuits, which opened yesterday. ...
The Church Anno Domini 2007
Sunday - Catholic Weekly, Poland - Jan 7, 2008
The Vatican also issued a document prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith entitled ‘Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain ...
Nun/theologian calls for resistance to patriarchy
Spero News - Jan 6, 2008
Sister Jyothi, superior general of the Bethany Sisters, told UCA News her congregation already has professionally trained social workers, journalists, ...
Forgiveness - but only for a prized convert
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Dec 28, 2007
Only this year, another Jesuit intellectual and advocate for the poor, Jon Sobrino, was reprimanded by the Vatican's star chamber, the Congregation for the ...
The craft of difficult writing
Hindu, India - Dec 29, 2007
One such teacher, who offered tips on how to “be difficult” in writing was the Spanish Jesuit, Balthasar Gracián (1601-58). An Argentinean litterateur ...
College briefs
Press-Register - al.com, AL - Dec 24, 2007
He and other members of the general congregation will be deliberating from Jan. 8 to March 1, culminating in the election of the new superior general. ...
Music, history, hearts converge in ancient church
Inquirer.net, Philippines - Dec 15, 2007
He and his wife, Ana de Herrera, executed a writ in which half of their landholdings in Macati were bequeathed to the Society of Jesus congregation. ...
Richmond priest's mom safe in Kenya
Contra Costa Times, CA - Jan 7, 2008
Kimani Kairu studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley and ministers at St. David of Wales Church. St. David of Wales also sponsored the rescue ...
In Macao, church in crisis as it seeks younger members
Boston Globe, United States - Dec 24, 2007
During the Ming Dynasty, Mateo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit and mathematician, became the first to bring the message of Catholicism from Macao to Beijing, ...

2007 year in review
South End News, MA - Dec 26, 2007
Nuns in the Catholic church are not allowed to baptize and she was removed from the Jesuit Urban Center. The incident left some in the congregation bitter. ...

di-ve.com
2007, A Year in Review
di-ve.com, Malta - Dec 31, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has approved the decree of The Congregation for Sainthood Causes on the miracle that led to the canonisation of Blessed Gorg Preca in June ...




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