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SAN FRANCISCO, (CWNews.com) -- Father Joseph Fessio, SJ< who was ordered by his Jesuit superiors to leave San Francisco in what was generally recognized as a disciplinary move in March, has received a new assignment as chancellor of Ave Maria University. Father Fessio, the founder of Ignatius Press, had clashed with the Jesuit order over his plans for Campion College, a new institution with a strong Catholic identity that has been set up on the doorstep of the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco. He was ordered by his provincial, Father Thomas Smolich, SJ, to break all ties with Campion College....

CATHOLICS PROTEST REASSIGNMENT OF FATHER FESSIO BOSTON, (CWNews.com) - A coalition of 155 Catholic leaders from around the world have signed on to a letter to Vatican officials and leaders of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), protesting the reassignment of Father Joseph Fessio, SJ, by his order in apparent retaliation for his efforts to found an orthodox Catholic college.Earlier this month, Father Fessio, founder of Ignatius Press and co-founder of Campion College in San Francisco, was reassigned as an assistant chaplain at a 40-bed hospital in Los Angeles. He will be allowed to continue his work at Ignatius...