Pope
Francis to celebrate Restoration of the Society of Jesus two centuries on
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is expected to go to the Roman
Church of the Gesù for vespers on Saturday evening to give thanks to the Lord
for the Restoration of the Society of Jesus which took place in
1814 , so two centuries ago. The exact date being August 7.
In
an effort to find out more about this historical milestone and its
significance today Veronica Scarisbrick spoke to the Assistant to the
Postulator General of the Jesuits, Father Marc Lindeijer SJ.
Listen to Father Marc
Lindeijer SJ interviewed by Veronica Scarisbrick:
In
this interview Father Lindeijer SJ explains why this anniversary is a
celebration: " I't's a celebration because the restoration means there
was suppression in 1773 which caused great damage to the society of
Jesus. From 23.000 Jesuits we went down to 600 in 1814."
The
Society of Jesus suffered terribly during those forty years or so although the
order continued to survive in parts of Russia within its boundaries, Father
Marc goes on to say, explaining how things changed during the papacy of Pius
VII: "Pius was raised in the best of anti- Jesuit traditions when he was
still a Benedictine but when he saw what had happened during the French
Revolution, during the reign of Napoleon he realised that having the Jesuits as
an instrument wasn't a bad idea"... .
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