On that occasion, when the pope reached EWTN’s reporter and cameraman, one of them told him they were praying for him. “I personally deserve attacks and insults because I am a sinner, but the church does not deserve them. America has learned from three different Vatican officials, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak, that the pope touched on this same topic on his flight from Rome to Baghdad on March 5, when he greeted each of the journalists on the flight. While Francis did not name the “large Catholic television channel” in his answer, his remark “I have also said this to some of them” offers a clue as to which station he was referring to. Pope Francis remarked, “There is, for example, a large Catholic television channel that has no hesitation in continually speaking ill of the pope.” He said: “I personally deserve attacks and insults because I am a sinner, but the church does not deserve them. We Jesuits try to overcome this division.” He asked the pope, “How do you deal with people who look at you with suspicion?” When a Jesuit in Slovakia asked Pope Francis “How are you?,” the pope stunned them with his answer: “Still alive, even though some people wanted me to die.”ĭuring the Q&A session, another Jesuit told Francis that in the Slovak church “some even see you as heterodox, while others idealize you. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., the editor in chief of the Jesuit magazine La Civiltà Cattolica, was present at the meeting and published the full transcript of the conversation today. 12 during the pope’s visit to the country. The group met at the nunciature in Bratislava on Sept. That statement was not the only striking piece of information given by the pope during his conversation with 53 Jesuits from Slovakia.
They were preparing for the conclave,” Pope Francis said.
“There were even meetings between prelates who thought the pope’s condition was more serious than the official version.
When a Jesuit in Slovakia asked Pope Francis “How are you?”, the pope stunned them with his answer: “Still alive, even though some people wanted me to die.”
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