A spokesman for the Jesuit superior general has said his comments on the Devil must be read in context.
The superior general, Fr Arturo Sosa Abascal, told El Mundo last week: “We have formed symbolic figures such as the Devil to express evil.”
A spokesman for Fr Sosa told the Catholic Herald that the phrase “We have formed” should not be taken out of context. “I think it is not right to isolate particular phrases from the totality of the response on the question of evil.”
The spokesman said: “Father Sosa was asked to comment on the question of evil. In his response, he pointed out that evil is part of the mystery of freedom. He noted that if the human being is free, it means he can do good or evil; otherwise, he would not be free.
