Posted on 03/13/2013 3:42:15 PM PDT by NYer
10 Facts about our new Holy Father Pope Francis. Major curveball. Who saw this coming? Here are 10 quick facts about Pope Francis (Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio):
They used to but they denounced and burned him in the Inquisition.
Please see the humor people. I am not being serious
From Wikipedia:
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J., SJ or SI) is a Christian male religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits and are also known colloquially as "God's Marines",[2] these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and members' willingness to accept orders anywhere in the world and live in extreme conditions.
The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents. The society's founding principles are contained in the document Formula of the Institute, written by Ignatius of Loyola. Jesuits are known for their work in education (founding schools, colleges, universities and seminaries), intellectual research, and cultural pursuits, and for their missionary efforts. Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes and promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue.
My husband is an alumnus of Boston College, which is a Jesuit university.
Just curious to me why they were excluded for so long. I’m glad for the new Pope. Seems like a nice guy with some nice ideas. I wish him well.
I sometimes stay away from looking up things because I can’t pinpoint some bias maybe in the article. You looks at too many and you never get an idea of what’s right or not. Better to ask someone more informed.
A good friend of mine is an Argentine. He always describes himself and his countrymen as Italians with a Spanish accent! They sound like a very colorful bunch!
The nomination process is secret...there’s no way to know if a Jesuit has ever been nominated or not.
From Wikipedia:
"The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J., SJ or SI) is a Christian male religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits and are also known colloquially as "God's Marines",[2] these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and members' willingness to accept orders anywhere in the world and live in extreme conditions.
The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents. The society's founding principles are contained in the document Formula of the Institute, written by Ignatius of Loyola. Jesuits are known for their work in education (founding schools, colleges, universities and seminaries), intellectual research, and cultural pursuits, and for their missionary efforts. Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes and promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue."
My husband is an alumnus of Boston College, which is a Jesuit university.
Sorry. I neglected to add commas in my first post.
Oy. I should have said that I forgot to add quotations. I’m sorry.
"Social Justice" is different in every country. Insofar as the new pope is concerned, "social Justice" would be defined as it is applied in Argentina. Are you familiar with Argentina?
I hear you. Thanks for your interest and thoughtful post.
Only in that St. Malachy said the last pope would be The Rock of Roman....
He supposedly isn’t popular with the Vatican Curia
Maybe he can clean up the Lavender Gay Mafia mess within the Church.
I would consider him an outsider. That is what they need.
Notre Dame is run by the Holy Cross fathers (Congregation of Holy Cross).
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Before today, some people were saying that they hope the new Pope will push the cause of liturgical reform forward more effectively, including wider use of the Traditional Latin Mass. Here's hoping he might also consider seeking to expand the use of the beautiful Eastern Divine Liturgy into more of the Western Churches as well, since he has that familiarity with it.
I believe the “Rome perchance?” is referring to the prophecy of the last pope being called Peter of Rome.
Just wait until Pope Francis gets his hands on the document that B16 left him on the Curia.
From what I read, B16 left that document for the eyes of the next Hoy Father only.
Only too well.
But the variability of “social justice” by country is not believable for Catholics. They tend to say and mean one thing.
They certainly need to weed out all these gay priests once and for all. Putting the homosexual clergy out to pasture will go a long, long way to ending future abuse.
Still, as someone who is not a Catholic, I am far more concerned with the economic influence the Pope may have than I am the inner workings of the organization. When I hear that this Pope's claim to fame is "social justice", I worry - a lot. The Catholic church is not terribly friendly to free market, capitalist thinking. Far too many of their clergy, especially the Jesuits (and this Pope is/was a Jesuit), were way far left in their economic views.
Not our first choice as conservatives, but at least he holds strong convictions on social issues. No gay marriage. period.
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