Dr. Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
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He makes his own reflections.
Sometimes he asks questions.
Sometimes there are side chats with the Holy Father.
My very, very last
encounter with Pope Francis was at his home in the Domus Santa Marta.
We had gathered for a very significant summit on building resilience for climate change, for AI, for all these major developments facing humanity.
And we had a very informal exchange.
I'm Argentine, the Holy Father.
Pope Francis was Argentine.
Of course, if you're Argentine, you talk about soccer.
big mistake to debate the Holy Father on soccer, which I did.
He's always right and you're always wrong.
And then he very lovingly, but very firmly, is referring to the work of building resilience.
He said in his Argentine accented Spanish, Marcelo, adelante, siempre adelante.
That's St.
Ignatius.
That's forward.
We have to move forward.
So the meetings are at the historic Casina Pio IV, which was a summer palace for the popes.
Between us, it's the most beautiful building in the Vatican.