Pope Francis' Ignatian spirituality evident in 'seeing God in all things'

Breathe deeply, Francis! You deserve it!

Perhaps because Pope Francis, with his pulmonary fragility, knew what it was like to struggle for breath, in the maturity of his life he helped the church to breathe.

Pope Francis' words will echo in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican for a long time: “Faith begins when we understand that we need salvation. We are not self-sufficient. We dive ourselves. We need God, just as navigators need stars. Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives. Let us surrender to him our fears, so that he may overcome them. Like the disciples, we will feel that, having Him on board, we will not be shipwrecked. For this is the…

Pope and Cineast: Francis especially appreciated Italian neorealism - and was convinced of the power of cinema to "open a series of windows into the human soul".

The Pontiff asked that whoever in any field is faced with decisions in difficult circumstances, be helped to discern what God wants from him.

Pope Francis' Ignatian spirituality evident in 'seeing God in all things'

(OSV News) — As novice master for his Jesuit province in Argentina, Father Jorge Bergoglio — whom the world would come to know decades later as Pope Francis — would have had a deep knowledge of the “spiritual exercises,” a discernment method at the core of the Jesuit order. In his role, he routinely led Jesuit novices through the full 30-day process that involves meditations, prayer, contemplation and silence, with the goal of growing closer to …