"There are particularly large dioceses and archdioceses that require, among other things, particular gifts for pastoral government. I don't think it unreasonable or inadvisable to appoint to such Sees a churchman who has already given fair proof of himself in a less complex diocese. That then there may be people who maneuver to "make a career", that lies in the nature of things, it's a matter of human temptation. Even we churchmen are not immune from original sin..."
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Mario Francesco Pompedda
Mario Francesco Pompedda (18 April 1929 – 18 October 2006) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia.
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