"(Regarding traditional Catholics) He didn't give them any weight. He was immune, having lived as a Jesuit provincial during the Argentine dictatorship. Once he met the Lefebvrians of St. Pius X and said: their problem is not ecclesiological, but psychological. He had a very deep spirituality. He had a popular devotion. He was a progressive linked to tradition. He was consistent to the end."
— Pope Francis

January 1, 1970

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(Riguardo ai cattolici tradizionaliasti) Non gli dava peso. Era vaccinato, avendo vissuto come provinciale dei gesuiti durante la dittatura argentina. Una volta incontrò i lefebvriani della San Pio X e disse: il problema di questi non è ecclesiologico, ma psicologico. Aveva una spiritualità profondissima. Aveva una devozione popolare. Era un progressista legato alla tradizione. È stato coerente fino alla fine. — Mgr. Tino Scotti (chaplain of the Domus Sanctae Marthae). As quoted in Ugo Milano, I