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Bookmark or Share- Black Pope (disambiguation) - WikipediaBlack Pope is the nickname of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Black Pope or The Black Pope may also refer to: Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian politician and prime minister of Italy nicknamed "The Black Pope".
- Superior general of the Society of Jesus - WikipediaThe position sometimes carries the nickname of the Black Pope, because of his responsibility for the largest male religious order, in contrast with the white garb of the pope. The thirty-first and current superior general is Fr Arturo Sosa, elected by the 36th General Congregation on 14 October 2016. [1]
- Does “the Black Pope” Wield the True Power in the Vatican?“The black pope” is a nickname given to the Father General of the Society of Jesus. When the Jesuits were the most prestigious, influential missionary order in the world, the people of Rome began to speak jokingly of their head as a second pope.
- Superior General - Jesuits.orgFather Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ, of Venezuela, was elected the 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus at the Jesuits’ General Congregation 36 (GC 36) on October 14, 2016, in Rome. Fr. Sosa leads the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church.
- Roman Catholics: A New Black Pope - TIMERoman Catholics: A New Black Pope. 2 minute read. TIME. May 28, 1965 12:00 AM GMT-4. I n all its 431-year history, the Society of Jesus has never gone outside continental Europe to find a...
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