Consolation, Compassion and the Church

Listening to the address of Pope Francis at the General
Congregation was a very moving experience for all the
220 delegates of the General Congregation. It was truly 
a historic moment! A moment of change in our personal lives
and collective understanding of ourselves as Jesuits. 
One of the best summaries and reflections of the Pope’s
address, with which I fully resonate, is given by Antonio
Spadaro, a participant of the General Congregation and the
editor of  the prestigious Italian Journal La Civiltà Cattolica,
which  has published a long and now most famous interview of
the Pope. The following section is adapted from an article
written by him and translated by Reyanna Rice.