The obedience, affection and common mission binding the Society of Jesus to the pope are solid, unchanging and the reason why differences can be so painful, said the new superior general of the Jesuits.
Father Adolfo Nicolas, elected Jan. 19 to head the world’s largest Catholic men’s order, told reporters, “The Society of Jesus has always been, from the beginning, and always will be in communion with the Holy Father, and we are happy to be so.”
Meeting journalists Jan. 25, he said, “If there are difficulties, it is precisely because we are so close.”
Like a married couple, he said, the Jesuits and the pope are bound to one another and committed to working together for the good of the church and the world.
“Only those who love each other can hurt each other,” he said.
From time to time difficulties arise, “but this is normal,” he said.
Read the rest of the brief interview here.
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