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Pope Francis is a good guy leading an utterly corrupt institution How does a "good guy" reach the top of a "corrupt institution", passing all the gates along t

• jonah 9y ago
  Because the majority of his electors (the College of Cardinals) are also good guys. (The article places conservative dissenters at the recent synods at 1/4 - 1/3.)
  • pavlov 9y ago
    Curiously that 25-34% range is the same as the support enjoyed by populist political groups in many European countries, and also the same as Trump's approval rating in the US. It seems like there's a conservative third of populations that increasingly seeks to isolate itself from the mainstream (or political center, or whatever you want to call it).
• js8 9y ago
  Because they are so corrupt that they can't agree which one of them should be the boss, so they choose an idealist as a compromise, in hope they will control him.
• deleted 9y ago
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