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As the Church mourns the passing of Pope Francis, we recall with fondness our Jesuit brother, whose pontificate reflected his Jesuit training and Ignatian spirituality.

Finally, just as Jesuits prize apostolic zeal and seek to speak to God’s people through their particular cultures, so Francis famously declared that the clergy ought to be shepherds who have “the smell of the sheep.”

Now, more than twelve years after he became bishop of Rome, Pope Francis has passed away on Easter Monday, a day still pregnant with the mystery of the Resurrection.

A joke to be found on the internet reads, “A humble Jesuit? A humble Jesuit pope?

Jesuits around the world were stunned when one of their own, Jorge Bergoglio, cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope on March 13, 2013. In guiding the Church’s decisions, he called its members to discernment, the practice of perceiving the movements of God’s Spirit and thereby determining what God is calling his people to do.

This approach resulted in a renewal of the ancient Christian reliance on synodality, which centers on the gathering and conversation of Church leaders in a common effort to find God’s will.

Jesuits are also known for reaching out to those on the margins, especially the poorest and most vulnerable.

In our varied ministries, we care for the whole person: body, mind, and soul. Martin recounts how, when in Rome for the papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, he saw an unfamiliar Jesuit listed as one of the cardinal electors. Bergoglio had become bishop, then archbishop, then cardinal at the express command of Pope St. John Paul II.

While some Vatican-watchers counted the Argentinian Jesuit as papabile – that is, likely to be elected pope – it still took his brother Jesuits by surprise when his name was announced in the Latin proclamation on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after the election.

Since then, Jesuits have become immensely proud of their contribution to the successors of St.

Peter. He was the the 266th pope of the Catholic Church.

He left a legacy rooted in his commitment for global peace, the Vatican News said.

"The worst thing that could happen to the Church, he has said on various occasions, 'is what de Lubac called spiritual worldliness,' which means, 'being self-centred,'" the Vatican said in Pope Francis' biography.

In the 473-year history of their order, no Jesuit had ever sat on the chair of St. Peter, and many thought none ever would. The piece took him 20 years to complete.

Loyola eventually was named a saint by the church. He was beatified, or reached the first step of sainthood, on July 27, 1609, under Pope Paul V. He was canonized on March 12, 1622, by Pope Gregory XV.

What is a Jesuit?

The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is an order of "priests, brothers, scholastics and novices," according to its website.

With 16,000-plus members, the Jesuits promote themselves as "one of the largest male religious orders in the Catholic Church."

The Jesuits take four vows: poverty, chastity, obedience and the worldwide mission set by the pope.

"We are pastors, teachers, and chaplains," the order's website says.

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Who founded the Jesuit order?

Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) founded the Roman Catholic religious order known as the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, encylopedia.com said.

Born into a Spanish noble family, Ignatius had a brief military career before suffering a wound in battle.

He was the first Jesuit chosen pope.

Francis chose priesthood in his 20s and, in 1963, graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Colegio de San José in San Miguel, The Holy See said.

In 1969, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano.

At the Consistory of Feb. 21, 2001, John Paul II named him a cardinal.

What was wrong with Pope Francis?

Pope Francis was first admitted to Rome's Agostino Gemelli Hospital Feb.

14 after battling bronchitis. Before voting, they take an oath of secrecy and are secluded in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from outside influences.

A candidate must received two-thirds of all votes to become pope.

Who was Pope Francis?

Pope Francis was 88 when he died; he was elected by the College of Cardinals to be pope on March 13, 2013.

I came to see justice and reconciliation not as an idea but as an encounter; not as a task to be completed but as a way of being.”

Martin wrote that Pope Francis’s language, love for the poor and use of the Ignatian spiritual discipline of “discernment” all marked him as a Jesuit.

“To understand him was to remember that he was a Jesuit.