Cardinal Sean O’Malley delivered a lecture, part of the Bergoglio Lecture Series, at Sacred Heart University on Feb. 26 to an overflow crowd of students and faculty. Given his close collaboration with Pope Francis in the 12 years of this papacy — including 11 as one of the nine cardinals who the pope convened frequently as a council of advisers, the C9 — O’Malley’s lecture offered unique insights into the spiritual sources on which the pope has drawn, specifically the ways he embodies both the Franciscan and Ignatian traditions.
