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To: stonehouse01

I realize that you are right; its just that all the jesuits that I have known were radical leftists.


393 posted on 03/14/2013 1:50:51 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
its just that all the jesuits that I have known were radical leftists

Especially Jesuits in South and Central America. It's where Liberation Theology came from in the first place. You are right to be concerned. I get the impression that some people don't want an open and honest discussion of the new Pope's views.

Perhaps my conclusions are wrong, but from my reading it appears Pope Francis steered clear of Liberation Theology, but has a record of opposing social welfare cuts in order to get Argentina's endless debt problems under control. It sounds to me like the new Pope is a strong social conservative, but economically somewhere on the populist left (though not a Marxist ). I also found it disappointing to discover Pope Francis has said the British "usurped" the Falklands and that they are Argentinian soil. Perhaps all Argentinians feel that way, but he is flat out wrong and it doesn't strike me as a wise thing for an Archbishop say.

Though not a Catholic, this Pope also seems to have some very good qualities and I will say a prayer for him and hope for the best.

395 posted on 03/15/2013 4:10:38 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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