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- LETTERS, Page 8Overriding Concern
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- The article "All the Pope's Men" could give your readers a
- false impression about recent appointments of Roman Catholic
- bishops (RELIGION, Jan. 16). There is no truth to the statement
- made by your source that papal representatives "are basically
- under sealed instructions to nominate conservatives." In all
- cases the overriding concern is to identify a candidate who has
- the moral, spiritual and intellectual qualities and other
- talents needed to fulfill the office of pastor for the good of
- the church. It might be useful in this context to emphasize that
- in making these nominations the Holy See has always respected
- the existing ecclesiastical and civil norms. This was clearly
- the case in the appointment of the new Archbishop of Cologne.
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- Joaquin Navarro-Valls Director, Press Office The
- Vatican
-