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From: National Catholic Reporter
Date: 19950908
Author:Farrell, Michael J.
What do Fidel Castro, Polish Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and movie directors Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock have in common? For one thing, they were educated by the Jesuits. And don't forget Bill Clinton, who went to Georgetown. Not to mention Rend Descartes, Voltaire, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Honore de Balzac, the Marquis de Sade, James Joyce and Charles de Gaulle. To mention but a few. From future saints to future dictators, the Society of Jesus, through its schools especially, has wielded enormous influence for several centuries.
It was this perception of power in a religious ...
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