Jesuit elected Pope

[Coleman]

Maybe someone at Prada is a Catholic and donates?

I'm sure that's the case, just as Mercedes donates the Popemobile....but its about perception

[Coleman]

I've read Francis "Isn't one of those Jesuits"

...meaning?

[akmarq]

If he's supposed to be cleaning up I feel bad for him. The Church's finances are an absolute disaster right now and are only going to get worse as settlement/damage payments continue to be incurred by the sex abuse scandels.

Might be time to fire up the Indulgence press.

[mu_hilltopper]

If you're curious about a MU Jesuit's reaction to the new Pope .. Fr. McDermott is a '91 grad, Jesuit, and MU Board of Trustee member.

http://jimmcdermott.blogspot.com/2013/03/did-jesuits-just-take-over-vatican.html

[keefe]

If he's supposed to be cleaning up I feel bad for him. The Church's finances are an absolute disaster right now and are only going to get worse as settlement/damage payments continue to be incurred by the sex abuse scandels.

Might be time to fire up the Indulgence press.

Isn't liability for the sex abuse at the diocese level?

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

If you're curious about a MU Jesuit's reaction to the new Pope .. Fr. McDermott is a '91 grad, Jesuit, and MU Board of Trustee member.

http://jimmcdermott.blogspot.com/2013/03/did-jesuits-just-take-over-vatican.html

He was my next door neighbor at McCormick Hall freshman year.  

That was a great read!

[Ari Gold]

Has crean cut a video yet behind an IU backdrop congratulating Marquette yet?

[akmarq]

Isn't liability for the sex abuse at the diocese level?

Yes but those issues tend to filter up. The Vatican also just had a serious ethical problem with the head of their central bank. Italy stopped payments to the central bank because they are not confident that proper anti-money laundering protections are in place.

http://www.economist.com/node/21560536

The article is just on the Church's finances in the USA, but in a country that large it becomes a Vatican concern as well.

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

Has crean cut a video yet behind an IU backdrop congratulating Marquette yet?

to outgoing Pope Benedict XVI: "You wrecked the Papacy!"

[Ari Gold]

...meaning?

One of those liberation theologians that teach at major universities

[Lennys Tap]

to outgoing Pope Benedict XVI: "You wrecked the Papacy!"

Post of the week.

[LloydMooresLegs]

One of those liberation theologians that teach at major universities

Like Fr. Sheehan?

[MUBBau]

Hope nobody got too attached 

http://www.theonion.com/video/pope-francis-resigns,31660/

[jaybilaswho?]

As someone who has received 8 years of education from Jesuits, I am happy to see a Jesuit Pope but doesn't the opulence that comes with the Papal position directly contradict their vow of poverty?

[warriorchick]

As someone who has received 8 years of education from Jesuits, I am happy to see a Jesuit Pope but doesn't the opulence that comes with the Papal position directly contradict their vow of poverty?

Jesuits aren't supposed to have positions in the church hierarchy, either (bishop,etc.).  But there you go.

As a cardinal, Pope Francis practiced a life of humility and simplicity as much as was practical.

[Dawson Rental]

If you're curious about a MU Jesuit's reaction to the new Pope .. Fr. McDermott is a '91 grad, Jesuit, and MU Board of Trustee member.

http://jimmcdermott.blogspot.com/2013/03/did-jesuits-just-take-over-vatican.html

NM

[Benny B]

Italy stopped payments to the central bank because they are not confident that proper anti-money laundering protections are in place.

[paddyquakes]

The catholic 7, or at least GTN and MU should wear little fisherman logos on the jerseys. Total power move.

[mu_hilltopper]

Hey .. Fr. Pilarz getting on the TV today ..

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50142805n

[keefe]

Fr Pilarz is a commentator on the CBS Morning show today. Talking about the new Pope. Wonder if he will go the game tonight since he's in NYC?

[The Process]

Fr Pilarz is a commentator on the CBS Morning show today. Talking about the new Pope. Wonder if he will go the game tonight since he's in NYC?

... is there another reason why he was in NYC in the first place besides the game?

[Pakuni]

... is there another reason why he was in NYC in the first place besides the game?

C7 presidents and ADs met in New York yesterday.

[The Process]

C7 presidents and ADs met in New York yesterday.

Yep.  I wonder if they wanted Pilarz since the new Pope is a Jesuit...

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Hey .. Fr. Pilarz getting on the TV today ..

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50142805n

that will help recruiting. 

[keefe]

Like Fr. Sheehan?

I know Fr Sheehan and he never espoused Liberation Theology. He is a Universal Salvationist but he was very strongly against clerical involvement in secular politics. Any suggestion otherwise is simply wrong.

There was a Jesuit who taught Theology at Marquette in the 70's. He went down to Nicaragua to help the Sandinistas and ended up as Danny Ortega's Minister of Agriculture. He was particularly involved in the break up of the latifundias. I heard him speak in DC and he made the campesinos out to be latter day Apostles.

He and Fr Cardenal, the Jesuit Sandinista Minister of Education, were cited by John Paul II as examples of unacceptable political behavior, especially since Christians could not also be Communists.