A Prominent Jesuit Talks About the Order’s First Pope
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The author of several acclaimed books on the order, Father James Martin is the Jesuit world’s poster boy. With the highest position in the Catholic Church now held by a Jesuit, he gives The Daily Beast’s Abby Haglage some expert advice on understanding our Papa.
“Praise the Lord!!” was the text I received from my Jesuit-educated dad on the day Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Cardinal of Buenos Aires, was elected as the first Jesuit pope in history.