William Watson, S.J., of the Sacred Story Institute in Seattle discusses the intersection of personal narrative and Ignatian spirituality.

"I continue to be deeply concerned about the victims and the ongoing pain and suffering they endure," Bishop Zubik said in the letter, read at all Masses.

“The huge thing,” she said, is the recognition by the church of “the inviolable dignity even of guilty people who have done terrible crimes.”

“For Hispanics, whatever the priest says goes. But that’s not right. The priest is not God. Nobody is above God.”

Pope Francis has revised the church’s catechism to state that the death penalty is no longer admissible.

The pope met Aug. 1 with about two dozen European Jesuits currently involved in the order's formation process. They had been talking about communication and one asked Pope Francis how they can meaningfully communicate with unemployed young people when, as Jesuits, they will never know what it means to be without a job.