Quote; "Such gestures have played well to the fold and energized dissidents in the church, but also rankled conservatives, many of whom wondered aloud if Francis was a closet proponent of liberation theology. The left-leaning strain of Catholicism that mingles Marxist encomiums with teachings from scripture once flourished in Latin America, including among the Argentine clergy.
As a young Jesuit, Bergoglio was influenced by prominent liberationist priests. And to this day, some of his most scathing words are reserved for the free-market economy, an arrangement he derided as "savage capitalism." http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/24/he-s-their-pope-francis-returns-to-latin-america.html?source=dictionary
## Francis sounds as though he'd make a good Democrat.