Dear Brothers, 

With all the people of God and so many people of good will, we share the  joy of the election of Pope Leo XIV, Bishop of Rome and Pastor of the Universal  Church. 

In this Easter season, we have contemplated the scene where Jesus, the  crucified-risen one, confirms the call to the Apostle Peter to follow Him, to take  care of his brothers and sisters gathered in the Church, sent to spread and be  witnesses of the Good News throughout the world. The source of the mission  entrusted to the Apostle Peter and his successors is the unconditional love of the  Father. The Son, Jesus, gave His life to fulfill the Father’s redemptive will and  entrusted to the community of His disciples the continuation of His mission in  history. He sent the Holy Spirit as inspirer and counselor of His apostles and  ministers responsible for carrying it out. The Petrine ministry thus plays a key  role in animating the service of the Church to the redemptive mission of the Lord  Jesus in all the complex situations of human history. 

For us, it is an opportunity to renew one of the characteristic dimensions of  the charism received through Saint Ignatius and the early fathers, founders of the  Society of Jesus, namely, the willingness to receive from the Roman Pontiff,  Vicar of Christ on earth, the mission with which we can offer the best service to  the universal Church. As my predecessors did with previous Popes, I have  communicated to the Holy Father Leo XIV the availability of the Society of Jesus to offer our cooperation wherever and however his universal vision considers we  can give the best of what we are today. 

I have also assured Pope Leo XIV of the prayers of the whole body and of  each member of the Society of Jesus. Let us take this moment to renew our  thinking with the Church, finding, in creative fidelity to our charism, the best way  we can today serve the mission of the Lord Jesus. 

We therefore wholeheartedly commend Pope Leo XIV to Mary, Mother of  the Church, Our Lady, who accepted the call of the Holy Spirit, trusting that  nothing is impossible for God, accompanying her son Jesus during His earthly  life and, as a privileged witness of the resurrection, accompanying the first steps  of the early Church. 

Arturo Sosa, S.J. 

Superior General 

Rome, 8 May 2025 

(Original: Spanish)