Pope Francis' fourth anniversary: accompaniment makes a good pastor: Distinctly Catholic: As Pope Francis intends it, accompaniment and a culture of encounter presume that both parties to the accompaniment have something to learn, from each other but also from God.
MGB: Again, it takes humility to walk with the people, rather than being carried in a sedan chair. This pope drove in an economy car, at least at first, rather than the popemobile. He engages the press on the Vatican airplane. What pope has ever done that? When I was at Loras College, the priests lived on our floors and many ate with us rather than in faculty dining. I could see Papa Bergoli doing the same thing. These priests were teachers, so dinner extended the classroom inquiry. Some were event students. If Francis were teaching religion at Loras, I suspect that the Trads among us would likely object to his teaching as they do now, especially a certain seminarian named Rick H.
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