I doubt that most of those with a hand in selecting him had any clue as to his Marxist leanings until he was in place.
Why do you doubt that, was his life in Argentina a secret? Why no, it wasn’t. The former nightclub bouncer before he entered seminary, the involvement with the junta... just how would his very pronounced political leanings have been overlooked, unless they weren’t overlooked but sought?
What with the corruption on display at the highest levels of the Catholic organization that we have seen, I DON'T doubt they knew very well what they were doing.
Thinking that they didn't know is mostly just wishful thinking and hoping against hope that what is patently obvious to anyone looking at the situation isn't really true after all.
The band played on while the Titanic was sinking, too.
“I doubt that most of those with a hand in selecting him had any clue as to his Marxist leanings until he was in place.”
Actually that is EXACTLY why they chose.
He was groomed just like Obama and put in for the same reason.
Interesting how the Bible and what is happening in the world are so Syncro-nized