americamagazine | This interview with Pope Francis
took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in
Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro, S.J.,
editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal.
Father Spadaro conducted the interview on behalf of La Civiltà
Cattolica, America and several other major
Jesuit journals around the world. The editorial teams at each of the
journals prepared questions and sent them to Father Spadaro, who then
consolidated and organized them. The interview was conducted in Italian.
After the Italian text was officially approved, America commissioned a team of five independent experts to translate it into English. America is solely responsible for the accuracy of this translation. This interview is copyrighted by America Press and cannot be used, except for brief quotations, without written permission.
Father Spadaro met the pope at the
Vatican in the pope’s apartments in the Casa Santa Marta, where he has
chosen to live since his election. Father Spadaro begins his account of
the interview with a description of the pope’s living quarters.
