Civiltà cattolica: dialogue transcript bet. Pope, Gen Congregation

(Vatican Radio) The official Jesuit journal of affairs in Italy, La civiltà cattolica, has published the full "dialogue" between Pope Francis and the 36th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, which concluded earlier this month here in Rome.

A note introducing the 15-page clean transcript explains that, on October 24, 2016, Pope Francis met the Jesuits gathered in their 36th General Congregation, on which occasion he delivered remarks and then entered into a time of frank and cordial dialogue with the delegates, who spontaneously asked him some questions.

The introductory note goes on to explain that the Pope did not want the questions to be selected beforehand, nor did he want to see them first. This gave life to a family-style encounter that lasted about an hour and a half.

A PDF version of the text is available in its official English translation here 

We spoke about some of the specifically Jesuit themes that emerged from the dialogue, with long-time Rome resident and friend of Vatican Radio, Fr. Michael Rogers, SJ, who is now serving both as an Assistant Chaplain at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Ma., and as a Fellow at the College's McFarland Center for Religion Ethics and Culture.

Click below to hear our extended conversation with Fr. Michael Rogers, SJ