From Reuters:
Nicolas, 71, has run Jesuit operations in east Asia and Oceania since 2004 and spent most of his career in the Far East after being ordained in Tokyo in 1967…
…Jesuit superior generals are known as “black popes” because, like the pontiff, they wield worldwide influence and usually keep their position for life — and because their simple cassock is black, in contrast to the pope who dresses in white.
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