The Jesuit you see may be an immigration-reform enthusiast.  He certainly reports to a provincial who is.

(WASHINGTON) – On Friday, June 4, a letter signed by every Jesuit major superior in the United States was hand delivered to the White House and each individual Congressional office. Their canvassing effort seeks immediate and comprehensive immigration reform.  “With the new Arizona law, there is a real risk that life on our national borders will become subject to a patchwork of state responses; Congress is faced with both a constitutional and moral imperative to act,” said Jesuit Father Thomas H. Smolich, president of the Jesuit Conference of the United States.  “Despite what some reactionary politicians would have us believe,” Smolich added, “we can secure our borders in a way that does not cost us our humanity.”

What’s more, all you reactionary politicians can go somewhere else, and God have mercy on your miserable souls.

Jacko may mean the late singer with gloves and a world-renowned fancy dance step, but in progressive RC circles in Chicago, it means a female priest is out and about.  Time Mag has it all (for now) right here.