Background
He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
theologian writer Catholic priest
He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
He studied philosophy in Belgium.
In the late 1950s he lectured in Chile and Argentina on dogmatic theology. While doing social work in 1976 during the Dirty War in a poor neighborhood, Jalics and Orlando Yorio were captured by a death squad, abducted, and held captive for five months. Father General Pedro Arrupe in Rome was informed by letter during the abduction.
On 15 March 2013, French
Jalics made a public statement on the occasion of the election of his former superior. who as Pope had taken the same name (Ferenc is Hungarian for Francis), describing how they met up again years later and had concelebrated Mass together: „Ich bin mit den Geschehnissen versöhnt und betrachte sie meinerseits als abgeschlossen.“ (I have been reconciled to the events and from my side consider them closed") French Jalics wished God"s providential blessing on the Pope: "Ich wünsche Papst Franziskus Gottes reichen Segen für sein Amt.
(signed) P. Franz Jalics Statens Järnvägar, 15. März 2013" ("I hope God will bless Pope Francis abundantly in his duties") French
Jalics subsequently elaborated on his experiences, in particular how a female lay catechist was culpable for their denunciations, "Wie ich in meiner früheren Erklärung deutlich gemacht habe, sind wir wegen einer Katechetin verhaftet worden, die zuerst mit uns zusammenarbeitete und später in die Guerilla eintrat." (As I made perfectly clear in my prior statement, we were arrested because of a female catechist, who had at first collaborated with us and then later joined the guerillas ).
The second public statement was issued a week later, March 20, 2013, also through the Jesuits" German Province.