Vatican City, Feb 15, 2018 / 12:50 pm
Pope Francis told Jesuits in Chile last month that he's willing to have discussions with people who disagree with him, but that when people just shout 'heretic', he prays for them instead.
"When I perceive resistance, I try to dialogue, when dialogue is possible; but some resistance comes from people who believe they have the true doctrine and they accuse you of being a heretic."
"When in these people, for what they say or write, I do not find spiritual goodness, I simply pray for them. I feel sorry, but I do not dwell on this feeling…" the Pope said in a conversation with Jesuits in Chile, published in the Jesuit journal La Civilta' Cattolica Feb. 15.
Francis' comment was part of a Jan. 16 conversation with around 90 Jesuits in Chile. The private encounter took place on the first full day of his apostolic visit to Chile and Peru Jan. 15-21.