Word: jesuitism
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...Europe is ruled directly from the Vatican (Pope John XXIV is a stout-swilling Englishman given to reminding his visitors that "we are the Holy Father"). Plague and cholera still ravage its citizens because ecclesiastical authorities have hamstrung medicine and banned science altogether. Jean-Paul Sartre is a French Jesuit. Children read books like St. Lemuel's Travels and "a collection of Father Bond stories." The entire canon of William Shakespeare was proscribed during his lifetime and most of his plays burned as incitements to humanism. Hamlet is now attributed to Thomas...
...rural Ribeirao Bonito in the Mato Grosso on Oct. 11, another Brazilian bishop went to the police station with Jesuit Father Joao Bosco Penido Burnier to investigate the torture of two women prisoners. After a nasty argument a policeman shot the priest to death before the bishop's eyes...
MASSACHUSETTS. Fourth Congressional District-Incumbent Robert Drinan (D) v. Arthur Mason (R): Jesuit Priest Drinan expected to win-narrowly...
Mason's qualifications are similarly tailored for the district. He is Jewish, went to Boston College, a Jesuit school, and is a Vietnam War hero. He lives in south Brookline, the most Jewish part of the town, and is a member of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Newton that boasts more than 1000 members. He has appealed to the west by emphasizing his moderate positions, Catholic education, and war record...
With his huge appeal to liberals in the east and his record for attracting the Catholics in the west, Drinan should continue as Capitol Hill's resident Jesuit for another two years...