[Cicero]

John Paul II promoted him anyway, believing that liberal Jesuits were unduly prejudiced against Bergoglio because he had been unsympathetic to Liberation Theology.

I was worried when Francis was being considered for Pope, but everyone said back then that he got in trouble with some of the bishops in South America for being strongly against Liberation Theology. I've been wonder about that ever since he revealed himself as Pope. Is he so unstable that he switched from right to left? Or was he faking it? He certainly seems to be far, far to the left now. JPII never would have backed him if he had behaved like this back then. Was this all part of a plot?

[El Cid]

Re: 9

The other option is that the other South American bishops were even more Marxist, and atheistic, than Francis.
The thought that they considered Francis to be too conservative is pretty scary. Maybe you are correct, and Francis was just a faux conservative - biding time to get a promotion.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Was this all part of a plot?
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Would certainly be in keeping with the history of the Order.