An Ignatian Key To Pope’s Lenten Retreat
2014-03-11 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is making the traditional Lenten retreat with the members of the Roman Curia this week. In a departure from the practice of his predecessors, the Holy Father has asked participants to gather at a retreat house run by the Pauline Fathers in the small town of Ariccia, just south of Rome. A Jesuit priest who was the coordinator of English-language outreach and catechetical efforts for the Society at World Youth Day 2013 in Brazil and is pursuing advanced studies in Fundamental Theology at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, Fr. Michael Rogers, SJ, told Vatican Radio the decision to make the retreat outside the Vatican is rooted in the spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola, the…Continue Reading