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Geraldo Majella Agnelo Quotes

1933–2023 Brazil

Geraldo Majella Agnelo (19 October 1933 – 26 August 2023) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church served as the bishop of the Diocese of Toledo and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Londrina and the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.

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Personal and intellectual qualities are not guarantees of being the right person to take on the guidance of a flock. The episcopate is a grace that must be lived pastorally. It cannot be conferred as a prize or as confirmation or as a political function.

The election of a Pope is an act of faith, not a political act. Therefore whoever is elected is the Vicar of Christ, since we know in faith that Christ Jesus in person leads his Church.

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