Peder Gabriel (Jeremy Irons), Brezilya'nın dağlarına, hristiyanlığı yaymak için gider. Bir köleci olan Mendoza (Robert De Niro), kardeşini öldürmüş ve Peder Gabriel sayesinde intihar etmekten vazgeçmiştir. Peder, misyonunda yardım etmesi için Mendoza'yı yanına getirtir. Burada huzura kavuşan Mendoza, rahip olmak için başvurur. Baskı altında olan kilise, Portekizlilere karşı çıkamadığından, topraklarda yeniden kölecilerin olmasını da karşı koyamaz. Mendoza sözünü tutmayıp, yerlilerin kendilerini nasıl savunması gerektiğini onlara gösterir, ancak Peder Gabriel, Mendoza'nın yerlilere bir rahip olarak yardım etmesini ister.
Onyedinci yüzyılda yaşayan iki Portekizli Cizvit rahip olan (hayatlarını İsa gibi yokluk içinde geçirmeyi ilke edinen) Sebastião Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) ve Francisco Garrpe (Adam Driver), onlara yıllarca akıl hocalığı yapmış Cristóvão Ferreira’nın (Liam Neeson) Japonya’da dinini inkar ettiği haberini almıştır. Buna inanmakta zorluk çeken iki genç rahip, durumu kendi gözleriyle görüp incelemek, bir yandan da misyonerlik görevini sürdürmek için Japonya’ya giderler. Burada inançlarını gizli olarak sürdüren gizli Hristiyanlarla birlikte büyük baskı ve zorluklara maruz kalacaklardır.
Kanadada Yerliler arasında Hristiyanlığı yaymaya çalışan Cizvit Misyonerlerinin bir yaşam kesiti, arka planda ise Huronlar ve Iroquislerin çekişmeleri.
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Historical biographical religious drama film based on the memoirs of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order who was also canonized as a saint in Roman Catholicism.
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Philip Gardiner has spent his life on a crusade uncovering the truth behind myths, legends and ancient mysteries. In Secret Societies, Gardiner's quest is to uncover truths and secrets of the world's most powerful men in history. Gardiner delves into a world that is formidably hidden from our eyes and finds himself in situations that seem to mirror the fictional world of the Da Vinci Code. Discover the core of the 'Secret Societies' belief systems. Explore the secret origins of Freemasonry and the links to Serpent Cults. Examine the actual members of the "Illuminati," analyze the history of the group in Europe and America.
It is the mid 17th century. The Jesuits spread their influence in Central Europe. Maria, a young Countess lives in the castle. Father Had is a honest and ardent servant of the Society of Jesus. He is dedicated to his life's mission, and as such he is an ideal tool in the hands of his superiors, who have their own plans. Had becomes Maria's confessor. Her woman's charm, intelligence and energy, as well as her beauty, are a constant temptation to him. Jesuits are making pressure on Had to finally realize their plans. Will the Jesuits, at last, achieve their goals and take the castle?
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Professor Elijah Steinbeck has been hiding something from the world: he is a Jesuit priest, pretending to be a Baptist preacher. Paired with his directive to "convert the church from inside out" is his mission to access the latent power of the soul by conducting top-secret human trials. Things are going as planned, until Captain Christopher Holmes, an officer in the U.S. Army and journalist for the Sun and Stripes News, as well as a servant of God, steps in.
In conmemoration of the anniversatry of their martyrdoms in Cerocahui, the voices in the Sierra Tarahumara community raise their voices around the unjust death of the jesuits.