Pope Francis met with fellow members of the Jesuit Order during his first full day in Indonesia which was spent in the capital city of Jakarta.
“The Pope spoke about the Society, the importance of discernment and prayer,” Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro told Vatican News on 4 September. “The younger ones asked him where he finds time to pray and he told some anecdotes.”
He added : “The Pope loves to speak with his brothers; relaxed and in a free and spontaneous way.”
The Pope usually speaks with members of the Jesuits during any of his international visits. Spadaro – the editor of La Civiltà Cattolica and a consulter at the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication – usually publishes a full account of these meetings in his news magazine.
