It's been another good year for Jesuits everywhere, and as usual our old boys have been sending us news of
their achievements worldwide.
Arturo Sosa (Caracas House, Class of 1977) has been appointed Superior General, also known as the Black Pope, although
he admits that he doesn't really like the colour black!
The Blue and White Pope is anxious never to be recognised as a priest!
Arturo has been keeping up the finest Jesuit traditions of poking fun at Christian teaching. He tells us that he doesn't like Doctrine, and that's probably a good thing,
as we recall that he got only 15% on his "New Testament Theology for Footballers" course!
We remember at the time that his excuse was
that Jesus's words were only "relative" and "had to be discerned" according to the conscience of the individual. In those days, this excuse didn't
serve him very well, and Mgr Chávez kept him in detention for 6 months on a bread and water diet. Nowadays we realise that this is the sort
of attitude to Holy Scripture that makes him a fine Jesuit!
Fr Sosa also starred in the crime drama A touch of Frost.
JImmy Martin (Manhattan House, Class of 1999) continues his career in comedy. Last year he told us all about his stage act with Stephen Colbert,
where he tells people that the Holy Spirit is female, and that God could learn a lot from human beings!
That course on "The Laurel and Hardy approach to Bible Study" paid off, Jim!
This year, the LBGTSJ community in which he
performs is very keen on "Trans" rights, and thinks it's a great idea to have men in dresses wandering round the girls' rest rooms!
It seems that
Jimmy has been
very unhappy this year, since his idol Hillary Clinton didn't get a job she had applied for, and he himself seems to have been getting a lot of criticism from
serious Catholics. If we Jesuits were into praying, I'd say we should pray for him - after all, God probably isn't aware of his plight!
Jimmy Martin and Tom Rosica (St Basil's School) wander into the Ladies' Rest Room by mistake!
Jorge Bergoglio (Buenos Aires House, Class of 1969) continues to hold down an administrative job in Rome, and says he has no plans to retire. He tells us that his favourite Person of the Trinity
is the Holy Spirit - who chose him for his present job because he was obviously the best person to occupy the Chair of St Peter! Also, unlike God and Jesus, nobody actually knows what the
Holy Spirit thinks on any matter, so in best Jesuit tradition we can make up our own answers!
Jorge (R) watches a non-rigid interpretation of Amoris Laetitia
We remember Jorge's time with us with affection, although he was severely punished by Fr Galtieri the day he handed in a blank test paper, saying that he couldn't
give binary answers to abstract questions! Nowadays, of course, this is in the best spirit of Jesuit Confusion! We wish him well in his campaign to drive all
the non-heretics out of Rome!
