Like Bergoglio’s choice of the name Francis—after the Poverello of Assisi rather than the Jesuit Francis Xavier—the phrase “presides in charity” and its evocation of “the other Ignatius” may turn out to be interpretive keys to the unpretenti … [Read more...]
About Gregory Vall
Dr. Gregory Vall is Director of the PhD Program in Theology at Ave Maria University in Florida. His is the author of Learning Christ: Ignatius of Antioch and the Mystery of Redemption (Catholic University of America Press, 2013).
An Ignatian Bishop of Rome
May 22, 2013 by Gregory Vall
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bishop of Rome, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, episcopal collegiality, Letter to Polycarp, Lumen Gentium, Missa Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice, Mystici Corporis Christi, papal primacy, Polybius, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope Pius XII, Sandro Magister, St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Loyola, The Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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