On the recordApril 5, 2005
There's a strong sense among many cardinals that, particularly over the later years of John Paul's reign, too much power got concentrated here in Rome.
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transcripts.cnn.comJohn D.S. Allen: “There's a strong sense among many cardinals that, particularly over the later years of John Paul's reign, too much power…”
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John Allen highlights the cardinals' concerns about the concentration of power in the Vatican and their desire for decentralization.
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