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tptacek ◴[] No.43929938[source]
Prior to Francis, the last pope we had from a religious order (as opposed to a career diocesan) was Gregory XVI in 1831. Now we've had two religious popes in a row --- Francis, a Jesuit, and then Leo, an Augustinian.
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dzdt ◴[] No.43930157[source]
Can you explain this like I'm 5?
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1. tptacek ◴[] No.43930231[source]
You can (sort of) divide Catholic clergy into diocesan priests, who spend their careers managing the clerical hierarchy of a specific region, and religious-order priests, who belong to religious orders within the church --- the Jesuits, Franciscans, Augustinians, Dominicans, etc. The "religious" Clergy are thought to be in some sense less tied up in church politics.
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2. froh ◴[] No.43932267[source]
and additionally each order has a "charisma", a specific focus and style, think pythonista vs crustacean vs C vs C++ vs Haskell longer vs lisper.

each order attracts it's own flock.

so now I need to check on Augustines... fun fact: Martin Luther was an Augustine monk.

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3. tptacek ◴[] No.43932365[source]
They're bookish, which I like. I think the Jesuits are cooler though.
4. baruz ◴[] No.43933794[source]
You probably got auto-spellchecked, but it’s “charism,” without the a.
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5. froh ◴[] No.43934155{3}[source]
good catch, thanks

and it also escaped me because in my mother's tongue de-* it's spelled Charisma.

"tja"