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The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits (in Latin Societas Iesu; abbreviation SI, or also dCdG) is a male religious institute of pontifical right.
The order, composed of regular clerics, was founded by Ignatius of Loyola who, with some companions, in 1534 in Paris vowed to preach in the Holy Land (a project abandoned in 1537) and to place themselves under the orders of the Pope: Ignatius' program it was approved by Pope Paul III with the bull Regimini militantis Ecclesiae (27 September 1540).
Expelled from various European countries in the second half of the 18th century, the order was suppressed and dissolved by Pope Clement suppression); it was reconstituted by Pope Pius VII in 1814.
Jesuits observe the vow of total obedience to the Pope and are particularly committed to missions and education.
On 13 March 2013, Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was elected, the first pontiff from the Society of Jesus.
