My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have s…

Pope Francis
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My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems. ✨ Pope Francis (2014). My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change, p.29, A&C Black
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