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Father Magni had been chosen by the late leader (or "Black Pope") Father Wlodimir Ledochowski, who died last week (TIME, Dec. 21). He will serve as vicar general until after the war, when the 150 Jesuit fathers superior in all parts of the globe can meet to elect a new general. In selecting an old man for the interim Father Ledochowski followed good Jesuit tactics in uncertain times. Had he picked a younger candidate, the vicar general might have had time to entrench himself before the election could be held. By picking a man whose age will disqualify...
Died. The Very Rev. Wlodimir Ledochowski, 76, for 27 years the "Black Pope" (Superior General of the Society of Jesus) ; in his cell at Jesuit headquarters in Rome. One of the four longest-ruling world leaders of the Jesuits in the order's 400-year history, he was its greatest modern rebuilder, raised the number of provinces from 27 to 50, increased the 17,000 members...
...home in the drawing rooms of the rich and great. But the order forbids its members to accept ecclesiastical honors, keeps them quietly and efficiently on the move, their minds sharp, their spirits obedient, their black-cassocked persons unattached to any one locality. Its Superior General (at present Polish Wlodimir Ledochowski) is elected for life, is often called the "Black Pope" because he wears a black habit and possesses powers which, in a limited way, resemble the Holy Father...
...Rome-the first meeting of the high command of the Society of Jesus since 1923-French Catholics believe that this Jesuit left wing predominated. Immensely secret, the Congregation revealed only that it had elected a Perpetual Vicar General for the order, to help the ailing General, Very Rev. Wlodimir Ledochowsky, with his manifold duties. The new Vicar General, a 37-year-old Belgian named Maurice Schurmans, was saluted by French Jesuits as an able antiFascist, of a neutral nation, who would help orient the policies of the Society of Jesus toward a world-wide battle against Fascism as well...
Like a monarch with a cabinet, the "Black Pope" of the Society of Jesus has a curia of seven assistants. All must live in Rome. Last week "Black Pope" Wlodimir Ledochowski, able, rugged Pole, summoned Very Rev. Zacheus J. Maher of San José, Calif, to be his assistant for North America. San Francisco-born Jesuit Maher has been president of Santa Clara University...