[Publius]

The Jesuits like to think of themselves as a kind of elite. The term "God's Marines" is occasionally used by some of them.

But the actual situation is a bit more complicated.

The Polish pope understood that the talent pool among his bishops was a bit shallow, so he reached out to the religious orders to find episcopal talent. Bergoglio, Martini, O'Malley and others became bishops because they caught the papal eye with the quality work they were doing in their respective orders. Bergoglio made it all the way to the top.

[Elsie]

The Jesuits like to think of themselves as a kind of elite. The term "God's Marines" is occasionally used by some of them.

NO!!!

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Two men considering a religious vocation were having a conversation.

"What is similar about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders? " the one asked.

The second replied, "Well, they were both founded by Spaniards -- St. Dominic for the Dominicans, and St. Ignatius of Loyola for the Jesuits. They were also both founded to combat heresy -- the Dominicans to fight the Albigensians, and the Jesuits to fight the Protestants."

"What is different about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders?"

"Met any Albigensians lately?"