The sickness of deifying leaders is typical of those who court their superiors, with the hope of receiving their benevolence. They are victims of careerism and opportunism, honoring people rather than God. They are people who experience service thinking only of what they might obtain and not of what they should give. They are mean, unhappy and inspired only by their fatal selfishness.
— His Holiness Pope Francis: A Curia that is outdated, sclerotic or indifferent to others is an ailing body (Excerpt from a powerful speech delivered Monday to an audience of stone-faced cardinals and bishops).