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| Pope reveals he had weekly psychoanalysis sessions at age 42 | Pope reveals he had weekly psychoanalysis sessions at age 42 |
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| Pope Francis has revealed that he sought the help of a psychoanalyst during the 1970s. | Pope Francis has revealed that he sought the help of a psychoanalyst during the 1970s. |
| The pontiff shared the details with Dominique Wolton, a French sociologist, during interviews for a book that will be published next week. | The pontiff shared the details with Dominique Wolton, a French sociologist, during interviews for a book that will be published next week. |
| He said he visited a psychoanalyst once a week for six months when he was 42 years old. At the time he was Father Jorge Bergoglio and head of Argentina’s Jesuit order during the country’s military dictatorship. | He said he visited a psychoanalyst once a week for six months when he was 42 years old. At the time he was Father Jorge Bergoglio and head of Argentina’s Jesuit order during the country’s military dictatorship. |
| “The psychoanalysis helped me a lot,” he told Wolton for the 432-page book, Pope Francis: Politics and Society. | “The psychoanalysis helped me a lot,” he told Wolton for the 432-page book, Pope Francis: Politics and Society. |
| “I went to her home to clarify a few things. She was always there. Then one day, before she died, she called me. Not to receive the sacraments, because she was Jewish, but for a spiritual dialogue. She was a good person.” | “I went to her home to clarify a few things. She was always there. Then one day, before she died, she called me. Not to receive the sacraments, because she was Jewish, but for a spiritual dialogue. She was a good person.” |
| Now 80, Francis told Wolton he now “felt free”. He said: “I’m in a cage at the Vatican, but not spiritually. Nothing frightens me.” The pope also took aim at priests who “are rigid, and afraid to communicate”. | |
| He also spoke about the influential role women have played in his life, including his mother, two grandmothers and Esther Ballestrino de Careaga, a communist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo movement in Buenos Aires who was killed during the dictatorship. | He also spoke about the influential role women have played in his life, including his mother, two grandmothers and Esther Ballestrino de Careaga, a communist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo movement in Buenos Aires who was killed during the dictatorship. |
| “Those I knew helped me a lot when I needed to clarify things,” he said. | “Those I knew helped me a lot when I needed to clarify things,” he said. |
| More soon … | More soon … |