I think he is significantly smarter than Obama, and smarter than Biden, but for a Jesuit he is as dumb as a stump.
Just my opinion.
It may make him less culpable.
If he weren’t Pope I’d never dream of bothering with reading him.
Do you think he's dumber than his little pet, James Martin, S.J.? Or the current Superior General of the Jesuits, Arturo Sosa S.J.?
The superior general of the Jesuits, Fr Arturo Sosa, holds positions that appear incompatible with the Catholic faith. He has denied the historicity of the Gospels that they faithfully reflect what Jesus actually said saying that no one had a tape recorder to record his words. He has also questioned the personal existence of the Devil, suggesting: We have formed symbolic figures such as the Devil to express evil.
Fr Sosa, the Devil, and the strange new orthodoxy in Rome
Finally, let's not compare Francis to Obama, Biden or current Jesuits.
How about comparing him to one of his pre-concilar predecssors? Pick one, any one and compare him to Francis.