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Degioia will become Georgetown's 48th president when he assumes the office on July 1. He will also become the first non-Jesuit president of the University...
...Jack is an impressive and inspiring higher education leader," Kennedy said. "He articulates a powerful vision of Georgetown University's future and has a remarkable commitment to Georgetown's distinctive mission as a Catholic and Jesuit university. He appreciates academic excellence deeply and has earned a reputation for being an outstanding teacher...
Christians from the West have tried to save the souls of the Chinese for centuries. In the late 1500s the arrival of Italian Mateo Ricci?the first Jesuit to show up on China's shores?threw the Ming court into a tizzy: his hosts initially viewed him as a savage for carrying an idol of a long-haired fellow nailed to a cross. In the 1800s, thousands of Western missionary families spread across China offering healthcare and famine relief, eliciting accusations of selective distribution to the faithful: Chinese referred pejoratively to peasant converts as "rice Christians." In the early 1900s...
...People have raised a number of names, but there are no clear candidates. Some have suggested that the Honduran Archbishop Oscar Rodriguez as a possible outsider candidate. Others speak will of the Argentinian Jesuit Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The front-runner among the Italians appears to be the Archbishop of Genoa, Dionigi Tettamanzi. But there's no standout candidate...
...Graduates of the school have assassinated Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, and the Jesuit priests, and the four churchwomen," Linares said...