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en-wikipedia-org-331		Society of Jesus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	21243	2210	66	This represents a 56% percent decline since the Second Vatican Council (1965), when the society had a total membership of 36,038, of which 20,301 were priests.[108] This decline is most pronounced in Europe and the Americas, with relatively modest membership gains occurring in Asia and Africa.[109][110] According to Patrick Reilly of the National Catholic Register, there seems to be no "Pope Francis effect" in counteracting the fall of vocations among the Jesuits.[111] Twenty-eight novices took first vows in the Jesuits in the United States and Haiti in 2019.[112] In September 2019, the superior general of the Jesuits, Arturo Sosa, estimated that by 2034 the number would decrease to about 10,000 Jesuits, with a much younger average age than in 2019, and with a shift away from Europe and into Latin America, Africa, and India.[113]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-331.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-331.txt