” I haven’t seen any exceptions, at least not at the bishops’ level.”
Here’s one that came to light fairly recently:
” Amid Argentina’s financial crisis in 2002, then Cardinal Bergoglio offered a sermon in Buenos Aires in which he declared “To those who are now promising to fix all your problems, I say, ‘Go and fix yourself.’ . . . Have a change of heart. Get to confession, before you need it even more!”
Interrupted by applause, the cardinal added, “The current crisis will not be improved by magicians from outside the country and nor will [improvement] come from the golden mouth of our politicians, so accustomed to making incredible promises.””
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324077704578358662310569372.html?mod=opinion_newsreel
The media doesn’t cover those types of quotes that much, so it doesn’t surprise me if it slipped your mind.
(BTW, Bergoglio was an archbishop at that time, so it meets your parameters)
I have Duke other examples, but posting complex posts from a tablet is a pain :D
Did anyone post that as a thread?