VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Jesuits have elected their first-ever Latin American leader, following in the footsteps of the cardinals who elected the Jesuit Pope Francis as history’s first Latin American pope.
A gathering of Jesuit priests from around the world on Friday elected the Rev. Arturo Sosa of Venezuela to lead the order. Sosa replaces the Rev. Adolfo Nicolas of Spain, who is retiring.
The Society of Jesus, as the Jesuits are formally known, is the largest religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church.
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