Father Mike Mendl, SDB (and a former trainer at Savio Excessive College) writes of the pope’s relationship with the Salesians of Don Bosco:
This morning there was a loss of life within the Salesian Household. Pope Francis, tho a Jesuit, had a Salesian coronary heart: his dad and mom’ marriage was witnessed by a Salesian, and that priest additionally baptized him; a Salesian based his soccer staff, San Lorenzo; he maintained his devotion to Mary Assist of Christians all his life; he insisted that Ceferino Namuncurá’s beatification be celebrated amongst his native individuals and never in Buenos Aires. See From the Jap Entrance: What Jorge Bergoglio Realized from the Salesians (revealed within the fall of 2016). I can add, additionally, that he named as cardinals all 5 Salesians who now are cardinal electors, in addition to one cardinal who has handed 80. So, sure, the Salesians have misplaced a member of the family.
Learn extra:
Archbishop Henning’s assertion.
Archbishop Hennings’s announcement of native Plenty to mourn Pope Francis
Francis Rocca’s “The Ardour of Pope Francis”.
