Pope Francis last week approved a ruling at the Vatican that permitted priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples.

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    The pope is a jesuit. They usually are scholars and work in science. The pope is a chemist. Jesuit schools teach evolution and all that. Basically looked at like secular liberals by conservative catholics.

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      The current pope is a Jesuit, and Jesuits are typically among the more progressive Catholics. But Catholics in general are among the more conservative Christians, which is the point the comment you replied to was making.

      It’s like American Democrats are on the global right wing of politics. Bernie and AOC being more left wing doesn’t change the fact that Democrats as a whole are neoliberals.

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        But Catholics in general are among the more conservative Christians,

        In modern US? No. “Non-denominational”/Evangelical Christians tend to be far more conservative on average.