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Black Pope: Jesuit Superior Adolpho Nicholas Announces Intention to Resign After he Turns 80

Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, superior general of the Jesuits, announced his intention to resign in late 2016 after he turns 80. “Reflecting on the coming years, I have reached the personal conviction that I should take the needed steps toward submitting my resignation to a general congregation,” Nicolas said in a letter dated May 20 and sent to Jesuits around the…