Those who even casually observe Argentine politics are, of course, aware of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Never a serious candidate for the Presidency, he nevertheless was characterized as one of the few Federal Peronists who could work with Nestor Kirchner, and indeed was his last Minister of Education and Cristina Kirchner's first, until he resigned over his vehement (as in calling the whole thing "satanic") opposition to the same-sex marriage bill. He's been considered controversial throughout most of Peronism generally, albeit for different reasons
I remember reading an authorized biography of him, and he says that in his early twenties, he was seriously considering joining the priesthood, but after a year at the Buenos Aires archdiocesan seminary, he concluded he wasn't cut out to be a priest and got married instead to a childhood friend.
I'm not one to doubt people's decisions regarding vocations to the priesthood, but my challenge is: Get Bergoglio to become Pope. Or if not, get him as high up in the hierarchy as possible.
I remember reading an authorized biography of him, and he says that in his early twenties, he was seriously considering joining the priesthood, but after a year at the Buenos Aires archdiocesan seminary, he concluded he wasn't cut out to be a priest and got married instead to a childhood friend.
I'm not one to doubt people's decisions regarding vocations to the priesthood, but my challenge is: Get Bergoglio to become Pope. Or if not, get him as high up in the hierarchy as possible.