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Ideology and mediocrity are now the marks necessary to be raised to the rank of cardinal or bishop. In this last decade, for an archbishop to be passed over in being named a cardinal or a qualified priest to not be made a bishop has become the mark of quality and excellence.

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It's possible to take issue with some of the priorities and positions of the Roman Pontiff without coming to the rather absurd conclusion that all of his episcopal appointees are deficient in some way.

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And it is possible to hold both positions.

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True, if you’re willing to sin against charity.

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Not if it is true, nor any comment on their spiritual lives, and that you know many of them personally.

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