Because Pope Francis is so at ease during meetings with local Jesuits when he travels, he often reveals much about himself and his papacy, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
After revealing a recent interview that he plans to visit his native Argentina next year, Pope Francis told Hungarian Jesuits that roughly 50 years ago, the country’s military dictatorship attempted to put him behind bars.
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Fear, anger, and rigidity will do nothing to reverse the growth of secularism and a decline in the number of Catholics attending Mass, Pope Francis said; the only effective response is to give a living example of faith.