Affirmative action for Italians? Bergoglio is the son of Italian immigrants.
“Son of Italian immigrants”
Notwithstanding that fact, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Argentina, and is culturally Argentinian - not Italian. So the issue is that he is an Argentine national, heavily influenced by the politics and social views of the region.
Bergoglio was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina’s Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, and was created a Cardinal in 2001.
He is the first pope from South America - and, in my opinion, he is also hopefully the last pope from that region. Why do I make that statement? I do so because the Jesuits are notorious supporters of liberation theology, a heresy born of Marxism, and its practice is rampant in South America due to the heavy influence of the “social justice” ideology that is typical to communism. The doctrine is one of the many “tools” by which Communists work corruption of both State and Church. Bergoglio is absolutely committed to the doctrine, even though Pope John Paul II publically condemned it as heresy - and did so while visiting South America!
Compared to Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger) who is a certified genius, and relatively “conservative” when compared to most of the liberals now occupying positions of power in the Church, Pope Francis is an intellectual lightweight - and that is being kind to the man.
The only reason he was put on the Chair of Saint Peter was simply because the College of Cardinals was influenced by what can only be described as “affirmative action” to place somebody from the southern hemisphere into the position. Unfortunately, they chose an absolute dolt, who can barely form an intelligent sentence - and who, more often than not, puts both feet into his mouth, scandalizing Catholics in the process. He is the Church’s worst nightmare - and a very good measure of how pissed God must truly be with his flock ... The worst punishment God inflicts is to give us bad leaders, bad priests ... To wit, God has finally given us what we deserve.