Articles on Holland (Nederland) in TIME (1923 – )
The thawed relationship between Jesuit order Society of Jesus and John Paul is a major accomplishment of Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, a low-key and unflappable native of the Netherlands.
For centuries, the Society of Jesus has been considered both a blessing and a bane to the Roman Catholic Church. The order has been expelled at various times by the rulers of France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Japan; the Papacy itself once suppressed the organization for 41 years. In modern…
23 Apr 1973
Young Dutch Jesuits who were popular student pastors in Amsterdam created a stir when they married but insisted on continuing their ministry.
If ever any Congregation of Men could merit eternal Perdition on Earth and in Hell, it is the company of Loyola.
− John Adams, writing to Thomas Jefferson, in 1816
The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God, it cannot be withstood.
− Edmund Campion, S.J.,…