Jesuits are Democrats, Franciscians are Republicans

[Fenris]

:shrug:

I have no clue either.

[progressiveBadger]

1. I would guess the other way around...

I went to a Franciscan seminary for HS. St. Frances loved nature. Republicans hate nature.

[nickinSTL]

2. I don't know much about Franciscans, but

Jesuits put a high premium on education and critical thinking.

Many Jesuits in history have also aroused the ire of the Vatican by being too tolerant of the beliefs of those they were supposed to convert.

It wouldn't surprise me if Jesuits tend Democratic.

[progressiveBadger]

3. True...

I think they both kinda fit Democratic.
But I'll tell you one thing. Mormons are definitely Republican. Just ask my mormon friend. There is no convincing him.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. I know some people who work at a Jesuit College.....

and the Jesuits are liberals! They oppose all killing.

Father Andrew Greeley is a Democrat and a Jesuit!

[JVS]

4. I don't much like the Jesuits

[nickinSTL]

8. Any particular reason?

n/t

[JVS]

9. Not a fan of their history.

"I will believe that the white that I see is black if the hierarchical Church so defines it."-Loyola

Not a position that I support at all. It is the type of thinking that keeps the church from getting the reforms it needs

[Bridget Burke]

6. Nope, they're both Democrats.

Franciscans even moreso. Francis was definitely a tree-hugger.

[SOteric]

7. All but one of the Jesuits I work with

are progressives, leftists, Greens, socialists and/or Democrats.

[Wat_Tyler]

10. Pierre Trudeau was trained by the Jesuits.