Bergoglio found himself voted for, against his own will

In the conclave of 2005 the opposite had happened for him. Bergoglio was one of the most decisive supporters of the appointment of Joseph Ratzinger as pope. And instead he found himself voted for, against his own will, precisely by those who wanted to block the appointment of Benedict XVI.

via Moynihan(excellent background)

And note well: “Someone in the Vatican had the idea to call him to direct an important dicastery,” Magister writes. “‘Please, I would die in the Curia,’ Bergoglio implored. They spared him.”

So, he is not a man who desired to be in the Roman Curia, or would have chosen to become the head of the Roman Curia

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