Posthumous portrait of Ignatius of Loyola by Jacopino del Conte, 1556. Courtesy of the Curia Generalizia of the Society of Jesus, Rome.

Detail of the collegiate church of Saints Peter and Paul in Krakow. The facade is one of the most dramatic examples of the international influence of the Jesuits’ mother church, the Gesù in Rome.

Statue of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa, India.

Facade of Saint Paul’s church in Macau, which was the administrative center for Jesuit ministry in Southeast Asia. Today the facade is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Interior of the Church of the Society of Jesus in Cusco, Peru.

São Miguel das Missões was one of the many Jesuit reductions in South America. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Jesuit college at Orsha (Orsza), Belarus

Statue of Matteo Ricci at Saint Paul’s church in Macau, where Ricci studied Chinese. Courtesy of Rev. Ronald Anton, SJ

Catherine the Great refused to suppress the Jesuits and played a vital role in maintaining their training.

Healy Hall at Georgetown University. Courtesy of Georgetown University.

Pedro Arrupe, SJ, the twenty-eighth superior general of the Society of Jesus. Courtesy of the Curia Generalizia of the Society of Jesus, Rome.