On Wednesday, May 22nd, 202, Pope Francis concluded the cycle of 20 catechesis on vices and virtues that he had started on December 27th, 2023. In this last catechesis, the Pope dwelt on the theme o…

Armed conflicts killed 33,000 civilians globally last year, 72% more than in 2022. The UN has called 2023 an annus horribilis. Although the actual figures are higher, the damage and suffering caused…

On Friday, May 31st,  2024, at around 12.30 p.m. (local time), our confrere Fr. Pier Giorgio Manni passed away at the Nishida Izumisano Hospital, Osaka, Japan. He was 83 years old and was born o…

The document Direttorio Generale per la Cultura Missionaria e Vocazionale (DGCMV – i.e., General Directory for Missionary and Vocational Culture) has been uploaded to the website of the General Direc…

From May 8th to 16th, Maria De Giorgi was in Mongolia at the invitation of Card. Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaan Baatar, to deliver some talks on interreligious dialogue to the priests, m…

The coincidence of the Day of Prayer for the Church in China and the Conference held at the Urbaniana University 100 years after the First Synod of the Chinese Church held in Shanghai (in which Fr. A…

On Friday, May 17, 2024, on a breezy and sunny afternoon, the confreres of the IV FLOOR of the Motherhouse went on a pilgrimage to Fontanellato. The confreres wrote: "The intention for this visit to…

On Thursday, May 1st, 2024, at 8:00 p.m., a meeting of the Xaverian European Forum was held on the Open Zoom platform. Connected from 34 different places, the meeting was attended by about 50 people…

Pope Francis will make an apostolic trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor East and Singapore from September 2nd to 13th, 2024. He will be in Jakarta from September 3rd to 6th, in Port Moresby an…

On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, our confreres Frs. Ferdinandus Supandri and Esterel Gaël Anantia Fouape organized the final meeting of the "Beyond the Threshold – Oltre la Soglia" project at the Giovanni…

In May 2024, our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini has been invited to deliver several talks: On May 2nd, as part of the “Corso Macroecumenico per la Casa Comune,” whose theme was “Il Cantico delle Fedi…

On April 18th 2024, in the course of a meeting with the Superiors and Delegates of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, Pope Francis emphasized some essential points for a journey of renewal of the Carmelit…

“I read on SX-News of May 11th, 2024, the announcement of the new paper edition of Anagrafe Saveriana: congratulations! You have completed a cyclopean work. Thank you. The ‘observations’, the ‘invita…

On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, around 7:30 p.m., the body of our confrere Br. Renato Tosatto, who disappeared on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 6:40 p.m., was found by the Como Fire Department near Montorfan…

From May 21st to 24th, 2024, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, will take part in the 101 Assembly of USG (Union of Superior Generals) that will be held at Domus Pacis in Assisi. Th…

Flash floods and mudslides in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra have claimed at least 62 lives, 25 are missing, and more than 3,000 people have been evacuated. In an interview with Vatican New…

On Sunday, May 5th, 2024, the Shinmeizan centre led the ‘Kumamoto Prefectural Interfaith Dialogue Group’ in the realization of its ‘100th’ initiative. Founded in 1991 by Shinmeizan, this group usuall…

Not everyone is given the joy to celebrate his 50th anniversary of priesthood with the people he loves and with whom he has shared the long journey of life. Certainly, even those confreres who went t…

On Monday, May 6th, 2024, Xaverian Sister – Missionary of Mary, Maria De Giorgi, member of Shinmeizan and director of interreligious dialogue for the Diocese of Fukuoka, held a lecture for the Dioces…

Our confrere Simon, a member of the International Theology community in Manila, Philippines, currently in his third year of Theology, shared on the website of the of the Delegation of the Philippines…

As per tradition, Missione Oggi, the magazine of the Xaverians, in Spring held its yearly convention. Its starting point was last year’s two special issues dedicated to Geopolitics in the XXI century…

The yearly report of the Global Network Against Food Crises (with FAO and UN agencies) states that, while the ongoing “food catastrophe” in Gaza affects more than 600,000 people (where one-third of c…

On May 3 and 4, 2024, the Chinese Delegation Council held its meetings in Izumisano, Japan. Purpose of the short trip was to pay a courtesy visit to a neighbour Xaverian circumscription and begin the…

The European Forum are hosting a Zoom Meeting on Thursday May 16th at 7pm (UK time 8pm in Italy and Spain). The theme will look at “Our Mission in Europe” with space for an open dialogue, exchan…

The tragedy and oppression in Gaza were the subject of a visit to Glasgow by Fr Gabriel Romanelli the Parish Priest of Holy Family Parish the Catholic Parish in Gaza. Fr Jim Clarke the vice regi…

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem, held a lectio magistralis at the Paul VI Hall of the Lateran University. The theme of his lecture was "Types and Cr…

The activities of Shinmeizan as House of Prayer go always hand in hand with those of its Centre for Interreligious Dialogue. Last year, its guests were once again more than five hundred, including fo…

From May 1st to 4th, 2024 a colloquium was held in Kinshasa, D.R.C., on the theme “Catholic Higher Education at the Service of Integral Human Development.” All rectors and general directors of Cathol…

From April 29th to May 2nd, 2024, the International Meeting of Pastors was held under the theme “Pastors for the Synod.” Pope Francis invited all the participants in this international meeting to bec…

From Ancona, Roberta Brasili tells us about the meeting of the lay Xaverian group. Getting together tells us that the nostalgia for the old Xaverian house can become less acute thanks to the beautifu…

Thanks to the generous and patient contribution of various confreres – among whom we would like to mention Br. Maurizio Zenere and Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez – AnagrafeSaveriana 2024 has been published…

It is an all-time high for global military spending, which in 2023 increased for the ninth consecutive year. The increase in dollars adjusted for inflation is 6.8 percent compared with 2022, reaching…

On Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, 97-year-old Mrs. Gilda Maria Livia Curione, sister of our confrere Fr. Vincenzo Mario Curione, passed away in Fardella, Potenza, Italy. The Requiem Mass and funerary rite…

On Saturday, May 4th, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., in the church of St G.M. Conforti Parish, Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi, our confrere Jean Paul Majambere will be ordained priest through the laying on of han…

The XVIII Regional Chapter held in Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia (April 23rd – 01st May, 2024) elected the new Regional Direction (April 28th, 2024): Regional Superior: Paulus Yohanes Dharmawan Adhariu…

The XIV Regional Chapter held in Bukavu, DRCONGO (April 24th – 30th, 2024) elected the new Regional Direction (April 29th, 2024): Regional Superior: Bernard Cibambo Rubibi s.x. (27.04.2024) (re-appo…

On Saturday, May 4th, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On Monday, May 6th, 2024, General Councillor Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will arrive at the General House.

On Monday, May 6th, 2024, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will return to Rome from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and Fr. Sudarmanto will return to Rome directly from Indonesia.

From May 8th to June 4th, 2024, the General Direction will hold its third round of council meetings.  Items in the agenda include: laying out the final details of the Major Superiors’ Conference…

The Xaverian Sister – Missionary of Mary Fernanda Tettamanzi, who belongs to the community of Via Trionfale in Rome has collected the five pages of the quarterly bullettin “Saveriane. Missionarie di…

Fr. Savio Corinaldesi’s Easter, Fr. Renato Trevisan’s Easter, and Pope Francis’ message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations continue telling me to dream like the Lord dreams, like our holy…

The European Forum are hosting a Zoom Meeting on Thursday May 16th at 7pm (UK time 8pm in Italy and Spain). The theme will look at “Our Mission in Europe” with space for an open dialogue, exchan…

There are events that occur unexpectedly (or almost unexpectedly) and for this very reason are providential. One of such events was the meeting of some alumni (“apostolini”), former students of the X…

On April 27, 2024, some students took part in an Ecumenical inter-seminary Theological Forum organized by the Diocese of Novaliches in partnership with the Quezon City Ecumenical Fellowship (QCEF) an…

Our confrere Fr. Luciano Mazzocchi has published a 140-page book titled La gratuità e la libertà interiore. Scalando a mani nude (Gratuitousness and Inner Freedom. Climbing with Bare Hands), Europa E…

For each video, the G.D. Website presents the translation of the lyrics, the authors, and the music: Isidore Kawaya Idumbo sx Furaha ya Mashahidi Wapya Uvira (“Joy for the new martyrs of Uvira”)…

Pope Francis' Message for the LVIII World Day of Social Communications: "Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: towards a fully human communication." "The evolution of artificial intellige…

On Friday, April 26th, 2024, at 9:30 p.m. (local time), our 90-year-old confrere Fr. Sergio Marchetto passed away in St G.M. Conforti parish in Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi. He was born on April 6th…