[Opinion] Jesuit leader: Pope Francis allowed differing opinions—and didn’t ‘seek to please everyone’

Jesuit leader: Pope Francis allowed differing opinions—and didn’t ‘seek to please everyone’

A church that dialogues is “much more interesting than a church where things fall from up high,” Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits, said.

Pope gave legitimacy to seeking different opinions, Jesuit leader says

ROME — Pope Francis was committed to trying to discern and follow God’s will, and he knew that his actions and decisions would not make everyone happy, said Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.“The important thing was to listen to one another, to dialogue with the complexity of reality, to scrutinize the signs of times, and in prayer, in familiarity with his Lord, to discern what is most appropriate at any given moment,” h…