A big heart open to God : a conversation with Pope Francis

9780062333773
0062333771

First edition

x, 150 pages ; 19 cm

"This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro, SJ, editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal. Father Spadaro conducted the interview on behalf of La Civiltà Cattolica, America, and several other major Jesuit journals around the world. The editorial teams at each of the journals prepared questions and sent them to Father Spadaro, who then organized and consolidated them. The interview was conducted in Italian. After the Italian text was officially approved, America commissioned a team of five independent experts to translate it into English: Massimo Faggioli, Sarah Christopher Faggioli, Dominic Robinson, SJ, Patrick J. Howell, SJ, and Griffin Oleynick. America is solely responsible for the accuracy of this translation."

The Exclusive Interview with Pope Francis. Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio? ; Why did you become a Jesuit? ; What does it mean for a Jesuit to be BIshop of Rome? ; The Society of Jesus ; The model: Peter Faber, "reformed priest" ; Experience in Church government ; Thinking with the Church ; Young churches and ancient churches ; The Church as field hospital ; A religious order Pope ; The Roman Curia, collegiality, ecumenism ; Women in the life of the Church ; The second Vatican Council ; To seek and find God in all things ; Certitude and mistakes ; Must we be optimistic? ; Art and creativity ; Frontiers and laboratories ; Human self-understanding ; Prayer.
Responses. A new way of being Church / by Timothy Radcliffe, OP ; A Pope engaged with the world / by Karen Sue Smith ; Francis the witness / by Bishop Blase J. Cupich ; Alleluia! / by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan ; The call of the Spirit / by James Harvey, SJ ; The work of a Christian lifetime / by Richard Rohr, OFM ; An ongoing conversation / by Rev. Robert P. Imbelli ; One human family / by Meghan J. Clark ; Mercy-ing / by Kerry Weber ; The accessible Pope / by Margot Patterson ; The Pope's interview and the Bible / by John W. Martens ; The people of God, at long last / by Drew Christiansen, SJ.
Praying With a Big Heart. Spiritual reflections on the Papal interview / by James Martin, SJ

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