When he was rector of the seminary in Argentina, he wound up with the nickname "la comadreja".

If you understand his steeping in his formative years in Peronism, he makes a lot more sense, which makes the bandying about of "fascism" by his fans against his critics quite amusing.

Peronism is a vaguely populist movement with an emphasis on social justice, but it is hardly a coherent political philosophy and suffers from one major flaw - it does not work.

Perón himself and Eva Perón were master of quips, short slogan-like responses to the media, and distrusted capitalism.

And he is hardly a systematic theologian, which is reflected in his discomfort around those who are.