Emphasizing “essentiality” and “universality,” Pope Francis spoke with members of the Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Family Association on May 18, three days after he canonized St. Charles de Foucauld (1854-1916).
There is an odd inaccuracy in the Vatican’s English translation of the Pope’s remarks. The Pope said that when he studied theology, he continually read the books of Voillaume, a priest profoundly influenced by de Foucauld; in the English translation, Voillaume is changed to Boignot.