[Cicero]

My first thought was St. Francis of Asisi.

But he might have been thinking of St. Francis Xavier, the founder of the Jesuit order that he belongs to.

In recent times, there have been an awful lot of liberal, dissident, even heretical Jesuits. But not all of them are bad, and it sounds like this guy is one of the exceptions. There still are a few really good Jesuits, and I trust he is one of them.

[tanknetter]

But he might have been thinking of St. Francis Xavier, the founder of the Jesuit order that he belongs to.

While St. Francis Xavier was one of the very first Jesuits, the order was actually founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola.

I went to a Jesuit high school. There was a pretty wide range between them, ideologically. However they were all incredibly well-read and actively encouraged intellectual thought and argument that ran contrary to their own. They never had a problem with an argument being made, only if it wasn't supported by sufficient reasoning, logic and evidence.

[Kaslin]

It was Saint Francis of Assisi and he chose that name because St Francis was humble and loved the poor as he does and is his favorite saint