Argentine Jesuits in an undated photo with Holy Father Francis
Monday, March 18, 2013
Many Jesuits....To This Day Speak Of Him Warily

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Argentine Jesuits in an undated photo with Holy Father Francis at the lower left corner (source) |
In a 2005 profile of Cardinal Bergoglio, Jose Maria Poirier, editor of the Argentinean Catholic magazine Criterio, wrote, “He exercised his authority as Jesuit provincial with an iron fist, calmly demanding strict obedience and clamping down on critical voices. Many Jesuits complained that he considered himself the sole interpreter of St Ignatius of Loyola, and to this day speak of him warily.”
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