American intelligence officer/ CIA Officer E. Howard Hunt states, "We have always said, you know, in an admiring way that the Jesuits form the greatest intelligence agency in the world, and always have."

"Between 1555 and 1931 the Society of Jesus [i.e., the Jesuit Order] was expelled from at least 83 countries, city states and cities, for engaging in political intrigue and subversion plots against the welfare of the State, according to the records of a Jesuit priest of repute [i.e., Thomas J. Campbell]. Practically every instance of expulsion was for political intrigue, political infiltration, political subversion, and inciting to political insurrection." (1987) J.E.C. Shepherd (Canadian historian)

Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, SJ, is the 29th and [Former] Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order of the Roman Catholic Church.

At Vatican Council II, Fr. Joseph Ratzinger (right) receiving orientation from his mentor, progressivist theologian Karl Rahner SJ. (Society of Jesus)