"It is dangerous to distinguish between the charismatic Church and the institutional Church, entrusting the former with the promotion and presence of movements and the latter with "second class Christians". The Church is wholly and always charismatic as an institution."
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H. Exc. Most Rev. Alessandro PLOTTI, Archbishop of Pisa (7 October 1999) Press Office of the Holy See
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Alessandro Plotti
Alessandro Plotti (8 August 1932 – 19 October 2015) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxillary bishop of the Diocese of Rome, as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Pisa, and as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Trapani.
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