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“I called for the release of Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi and received her son in Rome. I offered the Vatican as a place of refuge for her.”
The Pope received the brethren privately in three different appointments, as part of his long pilgrimage of 2-13 September to South-East Asia and Oceania. As is the ‘tradition’ of every apostolic journey,, the historic magazine of the Society of Jesus, on 24 September published ample excerpts of the Pontiff's conversations in an article signed by Father Antonio Spadaro, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education and one of the members of the papal retinue.
He recalled his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh, in December 2017, and the conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi, then prime minister and later imprisoned; and the meeting with the Rohingya who had been “driven out.” After his renewed appeal for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release, the Pope said, “Right now, the lady is a symbol and political symbols are to be defended. Do you remember that nun kneeling with her hands raised in front of the military? Her image went around the world. I pray that you young people will be brave like that. The Church in your country is courageous.
He repeated, “Remember: this is our task. The situation under the Argentine dictatorship was very difficult, and these women, these mothers, were fighting for justice. Always promote the ideal of justice!”In addition to social and political issues, Pope Francis, always in response to his guests’ questions, also dwelt on ecclesial issues.In response to a Jesuit from Dili, in Timor-Leste, Pope Francis reiterated that clericalism is everywhere.
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