Mario Francesco Pompedda Quotes (1929-2006)

“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...”