Wikipedia has this interesting commentary on Arturo Sousa Abascal (shown in quotes below).
It contains nothing surprising with regard to criticism of Jesuit thinking. They are educated and conditioned to think outside the box and this has to a large extent been responsible for their success. What really amuses me are the arguments that all theists use when defending interpretations of their own Holy Book. Look at the semantics here: Argument: Permitting the reception of Communion by the remarried contradicts Jesus's words in the Bible that marriage is indissoluble. Counterpoint: The Gospel is relative being written by human beings and understood by human beings. Point: The Church’s teaching has been historically consistent and there is no precedent in the Bible to interpret otherwise. Counterpoint: The doctrine of the Church is in continuous development and never in black and white. Point: The Gospel should be adapted according to the times as Jesus’ words were not recorded verbatim. Counterpoint: That amounts to “liquefying” the Gospel. Point: We have formed symbolic figures like the devil to express evil. Counterpoint: The devil is a real creature. Counter-counter point: To say the devil symbolizes evil is not to deny the existence of the devil. One would have thought that an omniscient god would have left no room for various interpretations of his word whether revealed or inspired. Quote The Catholic Herald criticized Sosa for being one of over 1,000 signatories of a 1989 letter welcoming Cuban President Fidel Castro to Venezuela in 1989, having repressed the Catholic Church in Cuba during his time in power.[13] Pope Francis biographer George Neumayr described Sosa as a "Marxist", "a Venezuelian communist, and modernist".[14] In February 2017, in response to Cardinal Müller's argument that permitting the reception of Communion by the remarried contradicts Jesus's words in the Bible that marriage is indissoluble and Müller's insistence that those words are unchangeable, Sosa argued for a "reflection on what Jesus really said", and described the Gospel as "relative", being "written by human beings" and "accepted by (...) human beings".[15] Sosa also argued that that the doctrine of the Church is in "continuous development", and "never in white and black".[15]Sosa's remarks drew criticism.[16]Priest and consulting editor of The Catholic Herald Alexander Lucie-Smith disagreed with Sosa, arguing that the Church's teaching on the indissolubility of marriage has been historically consistent, and that there was no precedent set in the Bible to interpret these words otherwise.[17] Theologian Chad Pecknold criticised Sosa's views as "reflect[ing] a profound skepticism about Holy Scripture", countering that although a variety of interpretations are allowed, they must "fit with the established doctrine of the Church and do not contradict the deposit of the Faith". Contradicting Sosa's own claim that his views were "not relativism",[15] Pecknold characterised Sosa's remarks as "historicist relativizing".[18] Catholic author Vittorio Messori accused Sosa of "'liquefying' the Gospel itself" by suggesting that the Gospel should be adapted according to the times on the basis that Jesus’s words were not recorded verbatim or "on tape".[19] In June 2017, in an interview with El Mundo, Sosa said, “We have formed symbolic figures such as the devil to express evil. Social conditioning can also represent this figure, since there are people who act [in an evil way] because they are in an environment where it is difficult to act to the contrary.” This was criticised as contradicting the Catechism of the Catholic Church which teaches that the Devil is a real creature.[20]A spokesman for Sosa later argued that Sosa was not denying church teaching, saying, "to say the devil symbolizes evil is not to deny the existence of the devil."[21] In October 2018, in an interview with EWTN, Sosa argued that "the pope is not the chief of the Church, he's the Bishop of Rome". This was opposed by Pecknold, who argued that it would be wrong to believe that Pope was "merely 'first among equals'", and insisted that the pope has "supreme authority" over all bishops and faithful.[22] Unquote. Roland. Toronto. > On Mar 1, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > wrote: > ..... > Just this month, Sosa announced four new Universal Apostolic Preferences -- > that will guide the Jesuits' mission for the next 10 years, Crafted through > a 16-month dialogue with Jesuits around the world, the UAPs are: promoting > discernment and the Spiritual Exercises; walking with the excluded; caring > for our common home; and journeying with youth. This underlines > spirituality with concern for the weak, and a priority to the environmental > and youth. > -- > FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 > AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha > TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl > Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp
