"GOD INFLICTS SOME POPES ON THE CHURCH"

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"Dio alcuni papi
li dona,altri li tollera,
altri ancora li infligge" 

"God gives some popes to the Church,
God tolerates some popes in the Church,
God inflicts some popes on the Church" - San Vincenzo di Lerins

I thought it might be an opportune moment to quote this, from St Vincent of Lerins, a Gallic monk of the fifth century.

I mention it in case any of our bishops were thinking Pope Francis must be beyond reproach - or even investigation - merely by virtue of his election to the papacy.