Its manifest decline is not only in Spain but almost universal.
To the point of having its very existence threatened. Having been the most numerous and most important Order of the Church. Today it is already a dying institution. Everything suggests that its days are numbered. And not many.
The Liege case is just one among many others. In Spain they have abandoned almost all their schools, which had been the most important breeding ground for their now non-existent vocations.
They set out to commit suicide and have almost succeeded. Not only the fruit of Arrupe but in which he was a very important piece. And there are still idiots in the Company determined to canonize him. It is true that those will not see the light go out because they must be octogenarians or nonagenarians. The average age of the Company must already exceed eighty years.