Jesuits

The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, a religious order for Catholics, was founded with the approval of the pope. Jesuits prevented men of Jewish ancestry as far back as five generations from entering in 1593. An early editor who helped launch the Jesuits' periodical La Civiltà Cattolica in the mid-19th century, Antonio Bresciani, wrote antisemitic articles and Pope Leo XIII approved of the periodical to print antisemitic articles.