She had become a Curial Secretary, then a Cardinal before being elected Pope.

她曾任教会文书(Curial Secretary)，之后，在被选为教皇之前，成为了一名枢机。

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In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI has placed women in unprecedented levels of curial authority.

在罗马，教宗本笃十六世任命女性出掌教廷高职位，这是前所未有的。

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Officials say “The Apartment”, (the pope's private circle) is getting a lot more involved in day-to-day curial administration.

一些高级人员称“公寓”（教皇的私人圈子）将越来越多精力耗费在教廷管理上。

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All sorts of internal curial squabbling marked what was supposed to be a Roman housecleaning by a German administrator who didn't turn out to be up to that task.

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However, he has worked on various Curial committees, as a member of the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments and the Congregation for the Clergy among others.

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