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The latest controversy involving bishops the Holy Father has appointed in his native country may have permanently scuttled the chances of ever making a papal.
A top bishop in Argentina tapped to succeed a close papal friend and ally has resigned less than a year after his appointment, apparently after being asked to do so by the pope due to various problems in his previous diocese.