[rwa265]

What I find interesting is the fact that the Jesuit’s main role in their beginning was to put the rules of the Council of Trent into action. Now we have a Pope who will be finishing the details.

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I was on a retreat in September that was given by Fr. Jim Kubicki, SJ, who is the National Director for the Apostleship of Prayer. He told us that he and another Jesuit were talking to each other shortly after Francis was installed as Pope. They agreed with each other that they finally have a Pope they can understand.

[Slyfox]

I have been studying the history of the Jesuits. It is simply amazing how much they really did for the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Just after they developed the Ratio Studiorum it became the preferred teaching method for all Jesuit universities and all Protestant universities in Germany and Holland. All of the really great minds of the 17th century were trained using the philosophy of the Jesuit neo-Scholastics. Plus, the Scottish Enlightenment would not have happened without this tremendous influence.

Having Francis I as Pope just seems right.