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The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Biographical Dictionary Pope Francis (2013- Consistory of November 19, 2016 (III)

(40) 1. ZENARI, Mario
(1946-

Birth. January 5, 1946, Rosegaferro, Villafranca di Verona, diocese of Verona, Italy.

Education. After finishing his primary education in Rosegaferro, he felt a precocious vocation to the priesthood and was inscribed in the Seminary of Verona, where he did his medium and superior studies; continued his formation in the Theological Institute "San Zeno" of Verona, where he studied philosophy and theology. In 1976, he went to Rome and studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he earned a doctorate in canon law. At the same time, he studied diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where he studied together with future Cardinal James Michael Harvey; and future apostolic nuncios Orlando Antonini, Tommaso Caputo, Salvatore Pennacchio and Józef Wesołowski, who was later dismissed from the clerical state because of pedophilia.

Priesthood. Ordained, July 5, 1970 by Giuseppe Carraro, bishop of Verona. Incardinated in the diocese of Verona. Parochial vicar of the small comune of Buttapietra from 1970 to 1973, when he was transferred to Cerea. Further studies in Rome from 1976. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1980. He served successively in the pontifical representations in Sénégal until 1981; from 1981 to 1985 in Liberia; from 1985 to 1988 in Colombia; from 1988 to 1992 in Germany; and from 1992 until 1993 in Romania. On March 25, 1993, he was named counselor of nuncature. On February 7, 1994 he was named permanent representative of the Holy See before the International Agency of Atomic Energy (A.I.E.A.) and before the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe (O.S.C.E.) and permanent observer of the Holy see before the Organization of the United Nations for Industrial Development (O.N.U.D.I.) and before the Office of the United Nations in Vienna.

Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Zuglio and appointed apostolic nuncio in Ivory Coast and Niger, July 12, 1999. On the followign July 24 he was named apostolic nuncio in Burkina Faso also. Consecrated, September 25, 1999, at the Cathedral Santa Maria Assunta, Verona, by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State, assisted by Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M.Cap., bishop of Verona, and by Marceello Zago, O.M.I., titular archbishop of Roselle, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. His episcopal motto is Levate oculos vestros. Named apostolic nuncio in Sri Lanka on May 10, 2004. Named apostolic nuncio in Syria on December 30, 2008.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the deaconry of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri in that same consistory. He continued as apostolic nuncio in Syria. Took possession of his deaconry on Saturday March 25, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. On December 23, 2017, the pope named him member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

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(41) 2. NZAPALAINGA, C.S.Sp., Dieudonné
(1967-

Birth. March 14, 1967, Mbomou, diocese of Bangassou, Central African Republic. He is the fifth of the fourteen children of a poor family. He discovered the Catholic Church by way of a Spiritan Father.

Education. After completing his primary education, he entered the Minor Seminary of Saint Louis in Bangassou; and later, he studied at the Major Seminary of Philosophy "Saints Apôtres" in Otélé, Cameroon; he continued his formation at the Major Spiritan Seminary "Daniel Brottier", in Libreville, Gabon. He emitted his first religious vows in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (C.S.Sp.) on September 8, 1993; and the perpetual vows on September 6, 1997. He was ordained a deacon on the following day. He studied at the Jesuit "Centre Sèvres", France, from 1998 to 2005, obtaining the license in theology.

Priesthood. Ordained, August 9, 1998, in Bangassou. Further studies in France from 1998 to 2005. While in France, he was chaplain of the orphans of the "Fondation d’Auteuil" and parochial vicar at "St Jerôme", Marseille. Recalled to his country by his Congregation to become regional superior and pastor of Bangui from 2005 to 2009; from 2008 to 2009 he was president of the Conference of Superiors Major of Central Africa. In 2009 he was named apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Bangui.

Episcopate. Elected metropolitan archbishop of Bangui. May 14, 2012. Consecrated, July 22, 2012, in front of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de l’Immaculée Conception, by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, assisted by Jude Thaddeus Okolo, titular archbishop of Novica, apostolic nuncio to the Dominican Republic, and by Edouard Mathos, bishop of Bambari. His episcopal motto is Ad imaginem Dei creavit illum (A l'Image de Dieu Il Le Crea). He took possession of the archdiocese on the following July 29. Actively engaged in the peace process of his country, in 2013, with the president of the Islamic Council and the president of the Evangelical Alliance, in the establishment of the Interreligious Platform for the Peace in the Central African Republic. He received the pallium from Pope Francis on June 29, 2013 at the papal Vatican basilica. Since July 2013 he is president of the Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic, and, as such, he participated in the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family celebrated at the Vatican in October 2014. In November 2015 he welcomed Pope Francis in Bangui for the opening of the Holy Door of the Year of Mercy.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Sant’Andrea della Valle in that same consistory. He is the first cardinal from the Central African Republic and, at the time of his creation, was the youngest member of the College of Cardinals. Took possession of his title on December 18, 2016. On January 28, 2017, the pope confirmed him as member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. On September 28, 2019, he was named special papal envoy to the closing ceremony of the Fourth Pan-African Convention, under the title “La Miséricorde Divine, une grace pour notre temps”, programmed for November 24, 2019, in the Marian Shrine of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. On July 8, 2020, he was named member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialog.

Bibliography. Nzapalainga, Dieudonné. La mia lotta per la pace. Centrafrica, un cardinale per il dialogo. Prefazione di Andrea Riccardi. Città del Vaticano : Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2022.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;photographs and biography, in Spanish, Wikipedia;his arms, Araldica Vaticana;Mgr Nzapalainga cardinal : l'Église des périphéries mise en lumière, Radio Vatican, 10/10/2016 11:44, audio, interview;Le nouveau cardinal Nzapalainga visite la mosquée de Rome, Radio Vatican, 22/11/2016 15:49;Le cardinal Nzapalainga diffuse la miséricorde en Centrafrique, audio, Radio Vatican, 19/11/2016 19:54;Fraternità da premiare. L’amicizia in Repubblica Centrafricana fra il cardinale Nzapalainga e l’imam Layama by Madrid Rossella Fabiani, L'Osservatore Romano, 04 febbraio 2017;La Repubblica Centrafricana tra violenza e speranza. Intervista all’arcivescovo di Bangui, cardinale Dieudonné Nzapalainga by Anna Pozzi, L'Osservatore Romano, 30 marzo 2017;After clashes, Central African cardinal urges more efforts toward peace by Jonathan Luxmoore, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Oxford, England, 5/19/2017;The situation in Bangui like 'sitting on hot coals': Cardinal by Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International, July 13, 2017; Zentralafrika: Kardinal und Imam gemeinsam gegen Gewalt, Vatican News, 26 März 2018, 17:21; Centrafrica: Nzapalainga e missionario, non è crisi by Giada Aquilino, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 02 maggio 2018, 13:11, with audio; “C’è la volontà di dividere il Paese? Esiste un’agenda nascosta?” si chiede il Card. Nzapalainga dopo il massacro, Agenzia Fides, Bangui, giovedì, 3 maggio 2018; Cardenal tras ataque a iglesia en Bangui: Violencia no es solución a problemas, ACI Prensa, 3 de mayo de 2018 11:35 am; “La presenza di mercenari stranieri mina la convivenza” denuncia il Cardinale Nzapalainga, Agenzia Fides, Bangui, mercoledì, 3 ottobre 2018; À Bangui, une année pastorale sous le signe de l’œcuménisme et du dialogue interreligieux by Adélaïde Patrignani, Vatican News, Cité du Vatican, 03 octobre 2018, 16:11; Card. Nzapalainga: i migranti non possono essere respinti come bestie, Vatican News, 06 ottobre 2018, 16:11; "È nostro dovere dare una prospettiva di vita ai giovani” dice il Cardinale Nzapalainga, Agenzia Fides, Roma, lunedì, 22 ottobre 2018; Centrafrica. L'arcivescovo di Bangui: intervenire per salvare i civili dalle violenze by Marco Guerra and Olivier Bonnel, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 26 novembre 2018, 16:10; Strage di Alindao, il cardinale di Bangui chiede l’avvio di un’inchiesta internazionale, Vatican Insider, 07/12/2018 alle ore 18:39; Le cardinal Nzapalainga, porteur d’espérance aux confins de la Centrafrique, entretien réalisé par Xavier Sartre, Vatican News, Bangui, République Centrafricaine, 08 mars 2019, 16:15, with audio; Bangui, il cardinale celebra la Pasqua con 500 detenuti del carcere di Ngaragba, Vatican Insider, 24/04/2019 alle ore 14:08; Le cardinal Nzapalainga rappelle les rebelles à leurs responsabilités by Xavier Sartre, Vatican News, Cité du Vatican, 27 mai 2019, 09:50, with audio; Centrafrica. Il card. Nzapalainga: “Basta con i gruppi armati”, Vatican News, 08 giugno 2019, 11:48; Lettera del Santo Padre all’Inviato Speciale alla chiusura del IV Convegno Pan-Africano sulla Divina Misericordia (Santuario Mariano di Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 24 novembre 2019), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 16.11.2019; À Kouki, le cardinal Nzapalainga réunit musulmans et catholiques pour l’inauguration d’une mosquée by Lucie Sarr, La Croix Africa, 13 décembre 2019; Cardinal tours troubled region of Central African Republic to promote peace, Crux, Dec 24, 2019; Quaresima nella Repubblica centrafricana, un momento di ascolto e preghiera by Tiziana Campisi, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 04 marzo 2020, 14:39; "We don't want people starving to death before they get the coronavirus" by Lucie Sarr, Croix, Central African Republic, April 28, 2020; Africa/Centrafica - Il Cardinale Nzapalainga ricorda l’imam Kobine Lamaya, “operatore di pace” Agenzia Fides, Bangui, martedì, 1 dicembre 2020; RCA : "Il faut enterrer la hache de guerre et aller aux élections", Deutsche Welle, DW, 23.12.2020; Centrafrique: le cardinal Nzapalaïnga dément l’existence d’un fonds de soutien aux victimes des mutineries, Radio Ndeke Luka, Bangui, mercredi 3 mars 2021 14:08; Le cardinal Nzapalainga raconte son combat pour la paix en Centrafrique by Cyprien Viet, Vatican News, Cité du Vatican, 03 mai 2021, 08:00, with audio; Africa/Centrafrica - Il Cardinale Nzapalainga: “In cammino per disarmare i cuori”, Agenzia Fides, Bangui, giovedì, 6 maggio 2021; [Vidéo] Le combat du « cardinal courage » pour la paix en Centrafrique by Timothée Dhellemmesublié, Aleteia, 07/05/21; Central African republic must capitalize on lull in violence, cardinal says by Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux, Yaoundé, Cameroon, May 11, 2021; Cardinal Nzapalainga: "je porte la voix des pauvres au milieu des princes de l’Eglise" by Simon Marty, RCF Radio, lundi 17 mai 2021 à 8h10; El cardenal más joven, y al que más veces le han apuntado la cabeza con un arma, ya tiene biografía, Religión en Libertad, 17 junio 2021, with videos; Il Cardinale e l'Imam, il "metodo centrafricano" che insegna a dialogare anche con i Talebani, Il Messaggero, Città del Vaticano, sabato 28 Agosto 2021, 09:23; An African cardinal who seeks to "disarm hearts and minds" by Loup Besmond de Sonneville, La Croix International, Vatican City, September 3, 2021; Centrafrique, le difficile chemin du dialogue, interview by Marine Henriot, Vatican News, Cité du Vatican, 05 septembre 2021, 16:28, with audio; African cardinal says a synodal Church must also walk with Protestants and Muslims by Lucie Sarr, La Croix International, December 13, 2021; Dieudonné Nzapalainga : « En Centrafrique, la France a ouvert la porte à l’éléphant russe » by Mathieu Olivier, Jeune Afrique, 18 décembre 2021 à 10:57; Cardinal warns against Russia’s growing influence in Central African Republic by Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Dec 21, 2021; Gabon : Le Président Ali Bongo Ondimba devise avec l’Archevêque de Bangui by Obone Flore, 7jours info, mars 17, 2022; Vicenza. Passi di pace a Bangui «Ora serve dialogo» by Anna Pozzi, Avvenire, mercoledì 25 maggio 2022; In prima linea per la riconciliazione. Intervista a Dieudonné Nzapalainga. Arcivescovo metropolita di Bangui (Repubblica Centrafricana) by Fulvio Ferrario and Claudio Paravati, Confronti, 25 Maggio 2022; Semi di speranza per l’Africa. Incontro con il cardinale Nzapalainga promotore del dialogo come via di sviluppo by Charles de Pechpeyrou, L'Osservatore Romano, 15 giugno 2022; Ucraina, card. Nzapalainga: “Bisogna sempre tentare un dialogo”, tv2000, Il Sismografo, venerdì 17 giugno 2022; Arzobispo de Bangui: «La religión aquí no es un problema, sino la solución»by Victoria Isabel Cardiel C., Alfa & Omega, 25 de Julio de 2022; Il cardinale Dieudonné Nzapalainga, guerriero disarmato, Il Foglio, 20 ago 2022; Meeting. «La passione per l’uomo è ciò che mi ha spinto a rischiare la vita per il mio paese» by Leone Grotti, Tempi, 20/08/2022 - 6:30; Africa/Centrafrica - “Si preservi la pace a ogni costo” chiede il Cardinale Nzapalainga mentre si avvia il processo di revisione costituzionale, Agenzia Fides, Bangui, giovedì, 15 settembre 2022; Cardinal Nzapalainga :« En Centrafrique, nous devons chercher à préserver l’essentiel », La Croix Africa, 6 octobre 2022; Cardenal Nzapalainga: «Una cosa es ver a los pobres por televisión y otra tocarlos», El Debate, 11/11/2022 04:00; En Centrafrique, l'entourage du cardinal Nzapalainga dément tout enlèvement, rfi.fr, 18/03/2023 - 20:50; Le cardinal Nzapalaïnga appelle au "dialogue sincère" en RCA by Jean-Fernand Koena, Deutsche Welle, 29 mars 2023.

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(42) 3. OSORO SIERRA, Carlos
(1945-

Birth. May 16, 1945, Castañeda, diocese and province of Santander. Eldest child of Carlos Osoro, an electrician, and Elisa Sierra. His parents are deceased. He has two brothers, Fernando and José Manuel.

Education. After studying education in the "Escuela Normal" and having taught for a year in Santander, he entered the seminary for late vocations "Colegio Mayor El Salvador" in Salamanca, where he studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical University in that city, obtaining the license in both disciplines. At "Universidad Complutense" he obtained the diploma in adult education.

Priesthood. Ordained, July 29, 1973 in Santander. He was incardinated in the diocese of Santander. Member of the priestly team for youth pastoral of the Parish of the Assumption in Torrelavega; director of "Casa de los Muchachos" and professor of "Escuela Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado ‘Sagrados Corazones’" from 1973 to 1975; secretary general for the pastoral of the diocese of Santander; episcopal delegate for Vocations and Seminaries and for lay apostolate; Vicar for the Pastoral from 1975 to 1996; Vicar General of the diocese of Santander from 1976 to 1994; rector of the diocesan seminary of Monte Corbán from 1977 to 1996; President cathedral chapter from 1994 to 1996; director of "Centro Asociado del Instituto Internacional de Teología a Distancia" and director of "Instituto Superior de Ciencias Religiosas San Agustín" in 1996.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Orense, December 27, 1996. Consecrated, February 22, 1997, at the cathedral of Orense, by Lajos Kada, titular archbishop of Tibica, nuncio to Spain, assisted by Julián Barrio Barrio, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, and by José Diéguez Reboredo, bishop of Tui-Vigo. His episcopal motto is Per Christum et cum ipso et in ipso. Promoted to the metropolian see of Oviedo, January 7, 2002. From September 2006 to September 2007 he was apostolic administrator of the diocese of Santander. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Valencia, January 8, 2009. Vice-president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference from March 2014 until March 14, 2017; in the Conference he has been president of the Commission for the Clergy from 1999 to 2005; and president of the Episcopal Commission for Apostolate; and member of the Executive Committee from 2005 to 2011. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Madrid, August 28, 2014. Made his solemn entrance in the archdiocese on October 25, 2014. Participated in the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on "The Vocation and the Mission of the Family in the Church and in the Contemporary World", October 4 to 25, 2015. On June 9, 2016, he was named Ordinary for the Catholic faithful of Oriental Rite residing in Spain.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santa Maria in Trastevere in that same consistory. Took possession of his title on Saturday February 25, 2017, at 8 p.m. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. On August 6, 2019, the pope named him member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. On March 3, 2020, he was elected vice-president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference for the quadriennium 2020-2024. On March 10, 2021, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On September 25, 2021, he was named special papal envoy to the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida, United States of America, programmed for October 10, 2021, during which took place the ceremony of coronation of the image of Our Lady of La Leche y del Buen Parto.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office; his arms, Araldica Vaticana;

2016

El Papa crea un Ordinariato para los fieles católicos orientales en España y nombra Ordinario a Mons. Osoro, Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas - COPE, 09 jun 2016 - 14:21;Nuevo Cardenal Carlos Osoro: Una vocación tardía de la mano de la Virgen by Blanca Ruiz, in Spanish, ACI Prensa, Madrid, 17 Nov. 16 / 07:14 am;Nuevo Cardenal español: El Papa me ha pedido dar mi vida por la Iglesia by Álvaro de Juana, ACI Prensa, Vaticano, 19 Nov. 16 / 02:09 pm; Cinco años del papa Francisco: la lucha por el poder en la Iglesia, by Jesús Rodríguez, El País Semanal, 18 dic 2016 - 00:05 CET;

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Un nuevo año para sorprender, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 4 de enero de 2019; Una Luz que guíe a la humanidad, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro Sierra, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 10 de enero de 2019; Eliminemos la crisis de credibilidad, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro Sierra, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 17 de enero de 2019; Regala la gran novedad, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 28 de febrero de 2019; “Me reuní con Carlos Osoro para decirle que apartara al cura que abusó de mis hijas y no hizo nada” by Julio Núñez. El País, Madrid 17 MAR 2019 - 03:25 EDT; Anuncia el Evangelio aquí y ahora, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 1 de mayo de 2019; Encuentro de profesores universitarios y autoridades académicas con el cardenal Carlos Osoro, Ecclesia Digital, 20 de mayo de 2019; La Orden de San Agustín concede la afiliación al cardenal Carlos Osoro, Ecclesia Digital, 31 de mayo de 2019; Una nueva etapa evangelizadora, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital 2 de junio de 2019; Alimento en el camino, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 20 de junio de 2019; Captemos la novedad que el Señor pide a la Iglesia, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 4 de julio de 2019; El Cardenal Osoro llama a proteger la vida tras la muerte de Vincent Lambert, ACI Prensa, 12 de julio de 2019 10:13 am; ¿Cómo educar desde el corazón?, por el arzobispo de Madrid, el cardenal Carlos Osoro, Ecclesia Digital, 25 de julio de 2019; Cardenal propone estas 3 “tareas” para las vacaciones, ACI Prensa, 29 de julio de 2019 11:08 am, with video; Homilía del cardenal Carlos Osoro en la festividad de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Ecclesia Digital, 15 de agosto de 2019; Cardenal anima a afrontar nuevo curso acentuando “nuestra misión como cristianos”, ACI Prensa, 6 de septiembre de 2019 2:37 pm; El arzobispo de Madrid critica la propuesta del muro de Vox, Gabriel Barba, El Foro de Ceuta, 14 Sep, 2019 @ 12:29; Visitemos al preso, acojamos al forastero, por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 27 septiembre, 2019; “Pequeñas salidas” para los refugiados en la Iglesia de Madrid – Entrevista al arzobispo, el cardenal Carlos Osoro by Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit, septiembre 27, 2019 16:33;

2020

Tres tareas para la gran familia humana por el cardenal Carlos Osoro, arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 2 enero, 2020; Carlos Osoro: “Ha habido menos abusos en la Iglesia que en otras organizaciones” by Juan Bedoya, El País, Madrid 8 ENE 2020 - 12:32 CET; Osoro se desmarca de la cúpula de la CEE y anima al nuevo Gobierno a "alcanzar acuerdos" por un "proyecto común" by Jesús Bastante, Religión Digital, 07.01.2020; «Allí donde está la vida consagrada hay algo excepcional», Alfa y Omega, Madrid, 30-01-2020; El cardenal Carlos Osoro, vicepresidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Española, Ecclesia Digital, 3 marzo, 2020; Card. Osoro: “Me entiendo muy bien con Omella”, presidente del episcopado español by Christian Vallejo, Zenit, marzo 12, 2020 14:16; Cardenal Osoro: “Dios es nuestra esperanza” ante el coronavirus en Madrid, Zenit, marzo 13, 2020 13:12; El cardenal Osoro: «Dios nunca nos abandona», Ecclesia Digital, 29 marzo, 2020; Entrevista al cardenal Carlos Osoro: «Creo que es importante volver otra vez a las raíces» by Silvia Rozas Barrero FI, Ecclesia Digital, 19 abril, 2020; España: El cardenal Osoro preside la Misa por fallecidos y enfermos de COVID-19 by Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit, abril 27, 2020 17:16; El cardenal Osoro invita a los madrileños a vivir «la projimidad» en tiempos de pandemia, Ecclesia Digital, 15 mayo, 2020; Osoro: «Hay que llevar el cuidado y la ecología humana hasta las últimas consecuencias» by Asier Solana Bermejo, Ecclesia Digital, 24 mayo, 2020; Ven, Espíritu Santo, y llénanos de tu armonía by Carlos Osoro, Ecclesia Digital, 28 mayo, 2020; Coronavirus Covid-19: Madrid, il card. Osoro istituisce 5 gruppi per analizzare la società dopo la pandemia e offrire orientamenti, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 1 giugno 2020 @ 18:59; El cardenal Osoro destaca «la creatividad de la caridad» para ayudar a los afectados por la pandemia, Ecclesia Digital, 1 junio, 2020; Osoro ordena a 21 sacerdotes: «La humanidad necesita ahora dar sentido a su vida» by Asier Solana Bermejo, Ecclesia Digital, 20 junio, 2020; Caminos de esperanza by Carlos Osoro Sierra, Cardeanl Arzobispo de Madrid, Ecclesia Digital, 3 julio, 2020; Spagna: Madrid, l’arcivescovo Osoro ristabilisce il precetto domenicale, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 8 luglio 2020 @ 18:55; El cardenal Osoro pide rezar por quienes perdieron el empleo durante la pandemia, Ecclesia Digital, 31 julio 2020; Osoro: “Yo celebro misa por los que no creen, por los que rechazan a la Iglesia y por los que se sienten parte”, Vida Nueva Digital, 03/08/2020; Osoro propone en la fiesta de la Paloma a “Jesús, esperanza del mundo”, como “vacuna” ante las incertidumbres by Mateo González Alonso, Vida Nueva Digital, 15/08/2020; "A la gente le cuesta volver a la Iglesia, tiene miedo", noticiascyl, Europa Press | sábado, 12 de septiembre de 2020, 11:43; El papa Francisco improvisa una cumbre informal con Omella y Osoro sobre el futuro de la Iglesia española by José Beltrán, Vida Nueva Digital, 17/09/2020; Hans Zollner, SJ y el cardenal Osoro clausuran el I Curso de Protección de Menores del ITVR, Religión Digital, 17.09.2020; Cardenal Osoro, tras su encuentro con el Papa: “Francisco tiene una visión realista sobre el mundo”, COPE, 19 sept. 2020 09:10; Cardenal Osoro: «Todos, personas e instituciones, debemos ser responsables» para ayudar, Ecclesia Digital, 24 septiembre, 2020; Carlos Osoro, sobre las residencias: «No podemos hacer aparcamientos de mayores», Ecclesia Digital, 26 septiembre, 2020; Cardenal Osoro: «El aborto es un fracaso de nuestra sociedad», Ecclesia Digital, 8 octubre, 2020; Children who faced abortion baptized in Spain, Catholic News Agency, Oct 9, 2020 / 12:00 am MT; El Card. Carlos Osoro lidera la creación de la Red Iberoamericana de católicos con responsabilidades políticas, COPE, 21 oct. 2020 8:03; Políticos católicos de América y Europa responden al llamado de Fratelli Tutti by Mireia Bonilla, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 21 octubre 2020, 10:52; Carta pastoral del Cardenal Carlos Osoro: Eduquemos para vivir sirviendo a los otros, Servicio de Información Católica, 29/10/2020; El Cardenal Osoro recuerda a don Antonio Algora como "el gran defensor de los trabajadores", COPE, 03 nov 2020 - 22:02; El arzobispo de Madrid repartirá desayunos a personas en situación de pobreza, Ecclesia Digital, 13 noviembre, 2020; Carta pastoral del Cardenal Carlos Osoro: Haz del mundo una casa de hermanos, Servicio de Información Catálica, 05/12/2020; El cardenal Osoro presenta al Papa Francisco las conclusiones de la primera fase de la investigación sobre fundaciones, Infobae, 19 de Diciembre de 2020; Carlos Osoro desea que «las vacunas den pronto frutos y se vacíen los hospitales», Ecclesia Digital, 26 diciembre, 2020;

2021

2022

Osoro invita a comenzar este año "desarmando nuestro corazón de hostilidad", Religión Digital, 01.01.2022; Carta del arzobispo de Madrid: «La felicidad tiene nombre y rostro: Jesucristo», Ecclesia Digital, 05 Ene 2022; Carta del arzobispo de Madrid: «La tarea de un obispo», Ecclesia Digital, 12 Ene 2022; El cardenal Carlos Osoro se reúne hoy con el ministro de Inclusión Social, Seguridad Social y Migraciones, Ecclesia Digital, 17 Ene 2022; Il cardinale Osoro positivo al Covid-19 e non patriciperà alla visita ad limina in Vaticano. Sono 30 i porporati colpiti dell'inizio de la pamdeia, Il Sismografo, sabato 22 gennaio 2022; Spagna, il Cardinale Osoro Sierra positivo asintomatico al coronavirus, ACI Stampa, Madrid, 24 gennaio, 2022 / 11:00 AM; Omella y Osoro llevarán al Papa las reivindicaciones de las víctimas de abusos en la Iglesia by Jesús Bastante, Religión Digital, 30.03.2022; Spagna: card. Osoro (Madrid), “la famiglia cristiana regala fraternità e pace”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 20 Luglio 2022 @ 18:42; Cardenal Osoro, sobre los casos de abusos en la Iglesia: “Es doloroso que esto suceda” by Nicolás de Cárdenas, ACI Prensa, 28 de julio de 2022 - 4:05 AM; Spagna: card. Osoro (Madrid), “la sacralità della vita non è una questione di opinioni”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 16 Novembre 2022 @ 18:48;

2023

Spagna: card. Osoro (Madrid), “la comunione è la buona notizia per vincere chiusura ed egoismo”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 25 Gennaio 2023 @ 18:28; Spagna: card. Osoro (Madrid), “l’impegno di cura deve estendersi a tutta la vita. L’assistenza sanitaria comprende la ricerca di un maggiore sviluppo umano”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 8 Febbraio 2023 @ 18:46; La archidiócesis de Madrid recibe 34 denuncias de abusos sexuales contra clérigos, 23 de ellas de menores by Julio Núñez, El País, Madrid, 15 feb 2023 - 7:14 EST; Spagna: card. Osoro (Madrid), “per lottare contro la disuguaglianza mettere al centro la persona”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 22 Marzo 2023 @ 18:36.

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(43) 4. ROCHA, Sérgio da
(1959-

Birth. October 21, 1959, Dobrada, diocese of Jaboticabal, Brazil. Son of Rubens da Rocha (+ 2000) and Aparecida Veronezi da Rocha.

Education. He completed his primary and secondary studies in Matão. Then, he frequented the courses of philosophy at the Diocesan Seminary of São Carlos; and those of theology at the Theological Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University in Campinas. Obtained the license in moral theology at the Theological Faculty Nossa Senhora da Assunção, in São Paulo; and a license in philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) in Campinas; later, earned a master's degree in Moral Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology Nossa Senhora da Assunção, de São Paulo, and the doctorate in the same discipline at Accademia Alfonsiana, of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, January 21, 1997. Ordained a deacon on August 18, 1984 in the church of Santa Cruz de Matão, São Paulo.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 14, 1984, in Matão, diocese of São Carlos, by Constantino Amstalden, bishop of São Carlos. Pastor at Água Vermelha and coordinator of Youth Pastoral of São Carlos from 1985 to 1986; professor of philosophy at the diocesan seminary and spiritual director of the House of Theology in Campinas from 1986 to 1987 and in 1991; rector of the Seminary of Philosophy of São Carlos from 1987 to 1988 and 1990; diocesan coordinator of the Vocational Pastoral in 1987 and 1989); parochial vicar of the cathedral of São Carlos from 1988 to 1989; parochial vicar of the parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima in São Carlos in 1990; diocesan coordinator of pastoral and rector of the Chapel São Judas Tadeu in São Carlos in 1991; and pastor of Água Vermelha and of Santa Eudóxia. Professor of moral theology at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) of Campinas and rector of the diocesan theological seminary from 1997 to 2001; member of the team for the formation of the permanent deacons; member of the Presbyteral Council and of the College of Consultors.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Alba and appointed auxiliary of Fortaleza, June 13, 2001 Consecrated, August 11, 2001, cathedral of São Carlos Borromeu, by José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques, archbishop of Fortaleza, assisted by Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S., archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, and by Bruno Gamberini, archbishop of Campinas. His episcopal motto is Omnia in Charitate. Promoted to archbishop coadjutor of Teresina, January 31, 2007. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of Teresina, September 3, 2008. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2009, at the papal Vatican basilica. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Brasília, June 15, 2011. He took possession of the see on August 6, 2011. Received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2013, at the papal Vatican basilica. He has been member of the Episcopal Commission on Doctrine of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference; member of the Episcopal Commission of "Mutirão de Superação da Miséria e da Fome" of the Episcopal Conference; secretary of the Regional and in charge of the Youth and the Vocational Pastoral of the Region Northeast 1; member of the Permanent Council and of the Commission on Doctrine of the Episcopal Conference; president of the Region Northeast 1; president of the Department of Vocations and Ministries of the Epsicopal Council of Latin America (CELAM). From 2015 to 2019, he was President of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santa Croce in via Flaminia in that same consistory. On January 14, 2017, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. He took possession of his title on Sunday April 23, 2017 at 11 a.m. On November 18, 2017, he was named relator general of the Fifteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme "The youth, faith and vocational discernment", which began on Wednesday October 3, 2018 and ended on Sunday October 28, 2018. On March 11, 2020, the Pope transferred him to the metropolitan and primatial see of São Salvador da Bahia. On March 4, 2021, the pope named him member of the Congregation for Bishops. On March 6, 2023, the pope named him member of the Council of Cardinals to assist him in the government of the Universal Church.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;biography, in Portuguese, Wikipedia;photograph and biography, in Portuguese, archdiocese of Brasília;his arms, Araldica Vaticana; Nomina di Ausiliari dell'Arcidiocesi di Fortaleza (Brasile), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 13.06.2001; Nomina del Coadiutore di Teresina (Brasile), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 31.01.2007; Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Teresina, (Brasile), Sala stampa della Santa Sede, 03.09.2008; Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Brasília (Brasile), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 15.06.2011; Una Chiesa che conta sui poveri. A colloquio con il cardinale Da Rocha, arcivescovo di Brasilia by Nicola Gori, L'Osservatore Romano, 03 gennaio 2017;Sínodo de los Jóvenes: ya hay fechas, relator general y secretarios, Eccesia Digital 18 de noviembre 2017;El Papa nombra a un cardenal brasileño como Relator General del Sínodo de los Jóvenes, ACI, Vaticano, 18 Nov. 17 / 01:59 pm; Pope names Brazilian cardinal to be relator general of upcoming synod, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 11/20/2017; Saiba como foi o encontro do cardeal Sérgio da Rocha com o Papa Francisco by Cristiane Murray, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 07 abril 2018, 08:34; Card. Sergio da Rocha: "O Brasil precisa de nosso testemunho cristão" by Cristiane Murray, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 10 abril 2018, 04:00, with audio; Dom Sérgio: desafio da formação permanente dos presbíteros, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 12 abril 2018, 16:44; Brasile: il card. da Rocha invita i candidati al dibattito by Andrea Gangi, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 25 agosto 2018, 10:37; Intervento dell’Em.mo Card. Sérgio da Rocha, Synod18: Conferenza Stampa di presentazione della XV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi I giovani, la fede e il discernimento vocazionale, 01.10.2018; A pochi giorni dal Sinodo. Card. da Rocha (Brasilia): “L’attenzione alla famiglia è completata dall’attenzione ai giovani” by Bruno Desidera, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 1 ottobre 2018; Synod aims to renew the church to help young Catholics, cardinal says by Cindy Wooden, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 10/1/2018; Relazione Introduttiva del Card. Sérgio da Rocha, Relatore Generale, Synod18 - 1a Congregazione Generale, 03.10.2018; Card. Sérgio da Rocha: o olhar da fé sobre os jovens, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 18 outubro 2018, 10:11, with video; Dom Sérgio: A CNBB se manifesta com frequência, mas nem sempre é divulgado by Manuela Castro and Silvonei José, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 06 dezembro 2018, 11:58; Cardeal Sérgio da Rocha: encontro com o Papa Francisco, momento especial, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 11 fevereiro 2020, 15:26; Card. Sérgio da Rocha: passos maiores nos campos da prevenção, justiça e assistência by Silvonei José, Vatican News, Cidade do Vaticano, 23 fevereiro 2019, 16:29, with audio; Quaresma: Cardeal brasileiro orienta retiro da Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa, Agência Ecclesia, Fátima, 27 fev 2020; Brasil: Francisco nombra al Card. da Rocha como obispo de San Salvador de Bahía, Zenit, marzo 11, 2020 13:52; Rinuncia dell’Arcivescovo di São Salvador da Bahia (Brasile) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 11.03.2020; Cardeal Sérgio da Rocha: 470 anos da Sé Primacial by Cardeal Dom Sergio da Rocha - Arcebispo de São Salvador da Bahia, Primaz do Brasil, Vatican News, 01 março 2021, 13:31; Cardeal Sergio da Rocha: Francisco, peregrino da Paz, Cardeal Dom Sergio da Rocha - Arcebispo de São Salvador da Bahia, Primaz do Brasil, Vatican News, 09 março 2021, 13:19; Cardeal Sergio da Rocha: Fé e razão em diálogo, Vatican News, 28 abril 2021, 15:21; Cardeal Sergio da Rocha: A dignidade do trabalhador, Vatican News, 11 maio 2021, 15:33; Brazilian Cardinal Celebrates Memorial Mass for Local Victims of Anti-LGBTQ Violence by Robert Shine, New Ways Ministry, June 15, 2021; Il cardinale brasiliano da Rocha celebra una messa per ricordare le vittime dell’omotransfobia, Progetto Gionata, 18 Giugno 2021; Fátima: Arcebispo primaz do Brasil preside à peregrinação de outubro, Agência Ecclesia, Fátima, Out 7, 2021 - 15:31; Cardeal Sergio da Rocha: Percorrendo o caminho sinodal, Cardeal Dom Sergio da Rocha - Arcebispo de São Salvador da Bahia, Primaz do Brasil, Vatican News, 29 outubro 2021, 17:40; Cardeal brasileiro em Fátima critica “irresponsabilidade” de Bolsonaro na gestão da pandemia by António Marujo, Sete Margens, 13 Out 21; Brasil: «Celebramos os 200 anos da independência com desafios sociais muitos grandes» – Arcebispo de Salvador, Agência Ecclesia, Salvador da Bahia, Set 7, 2022 - 0:56; Cardenal Sergio da Rocha: Consejo de Cardenales, «buscar la comunión en vista de la misión» by Luis Miguel Modino, ADN Celam, 27 de abril de 2023.

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(44) 5. CUPICH, Blase Joseph
(1949-

Birth. March 19, 1949, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America. One of the nine children of Blase Cupich and Mary Mayhan Cupich. His grandparents were Croatian immigrants.

Education. After attending primary and secondary school in Omaha, he studied at College of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he obtained a bachelor in philosophy in 1971. From 1971 to 1975 he studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, while residing at Pontifical North American College; obtained bachelor in Sacred Theology in 1974; and a master's in Theology in 1975; earned a doctorate in Sacramental Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1987, with a dissertation entitled: "Advent in the Roman Tradition: An Examination and Comparison of the Lectionary Readings as Hermeneutical Units in Three Periods".

Priesthood. Ordained, August 16, 1975, by Daniel Eugene Sheehan, archbishop of Omaha. Incardinated in the archdiocese of Omaha. Vice-pastor of Saint Margaret Mary Parish and teacher at Paul VI High School in Omaha from 1975 to 1978; director of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Office and chair of the Commission on Youth, 1978 to 1981; instructor, Continuing Education of Priests Program and Diaconate Formation, Creighton University, Omaha, 1980 to 1981; secretary of the apostolic nunciature in Washington, D.C., from 1981 to 1987; pastor of Saint Mary parish in Bellevue from 1987 to 1989; president/rector of the Pontifical Collegium Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio, from 1989 to 1996; pastor of Saint Robert Bellarmine parish in Omaha from 1997 to 1998.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Rapid City on July 7, 1998. Consecrated, September 21, 1998, by Harry Joseph Flynn, archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, assisted by Elden Francis Curtiss, archbishop of Omaha, and by Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Denver. His episcopal motto is Peace be with you. Installed as bishop of Rapid City on September 21, 1998. President of the National Catholic Educational Association Board from 2006 to 2008. President of the Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2008 to 2011. Transferred to the see of Spokane on June 30, 2010. Took possession of the see on the following September 3. He has been member of several committees in the Episcopal Conference of the United States of America and currently he is president of the Subcommittee on the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, member of the National Collections Committee and member of the Subcommittee on the Translation of Scripture Text. Member of the Board of Governors of the Catholic Extension Society and president of the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Education Association. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Chicago on September 20, 2014. He entered the archdiocese the following November 18. He received the pallium, a symbol of his unity with the pope and brother bishops, at a special mass in the metropolitan cathedral of Chicago on August 23, 2015. On July 7, 2016, he was named member of the Congregation for Bishops. Participated, by papal appointment, in the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 4 to 25, 2015, on the topic "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world".

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of San Bartolomeo all’Isola in that same consistory. On January 28, 2017, the pope confirmed him as member of the Congregation for Bishops. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. On November 23, 2018, the Pope named him member of the organizing committee for the meeting on the protection of minors in the Church, programmed in the Vatican from 21 to 24 February 2019. Participated in 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 3 to 28, 2018, on the topic "The Youth, Faith and the Vocational Discernment"; by papal appointment. On February 28, 2020, the pope named him member of the task force established to assist the Episcopal Conferences in the preparation and updating of guidelines for the protection of minors. On June 24, 2021, the pope asked Cardinal Cupich to conduct an investigation of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. On June 1, 2022, the pope named him meber of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in English, Archdiocese of Chicago;photograph and curricullum vitae, in English, Archdiocese of Chicago;photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, Holy See Press Office;his arms, Araldica Vaticana;

2010

Rinuncia del Vescovo di Spokane (U.S.A.) e Nomina del Successore, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 30.06.2010;

2014

Archbishop Cupich Installation Mass, video, CatholicChicago, YouTube, published on Nov 25, 2014;

2015

Blase Cupich op-ed: Planned Parenthood and the muted humanity of the unborn child by Blase Cupich, Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2015 2:56 PM;Cupich as a synod delegate by Michael O'Loughlin, National Reporter, Crux, August 7, 2015;

2016

After Orlando Chicago Archbishop Urges LGBT Outreach, Gun Control by Kevin Clarke, America, Jun 18 2016 - 2:16pm;Pope taps Cupich for key bishops-making panel, Crux, July 7, 2016;Pope Francis Names Archbishop Cupich of Chicago to Congregation for Bishops by Elise Harrison, CNA/EWTN NEWS 07/07/2016;Archbishop Cupich — Newest US Church 'Kingmaker' by Matthew Benson, National Catholic Register, 07/15/2016;Lo que piden los 3 nuevos cardenales de Estados Unidos by Miguel Pérez Pichel, ACI, Vaticano, 19 Nov. 16 / 04:06 pm;Cardinal Cupich shoulders Chicago's Catholic future by Joshua J. McElwee, Chicaho, National Catholic Reporter, Dec. 5, 2016;

2017

Cardinal Cupich: Francis is giving new life to Vatican II reforms by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Vatican City, Mar. 13, 2017;Chicago Cardinal Cupich unveils church-led anti-violence initiative by David Gibson, National Catholic Reporter, Chicago, Apr. 4, 2017;Chicago cardinal thanks Texas parish for 'welcoming the stranger', National Catholic Reporter, Catholic News Service, McAllen, Texas, Aug 24, 2017;Face to faith with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich by Thomas Reese, National Catholic Reporter, Aug 31, 2017;Chicago cardinal extends invite to Fr. Martin amid cancellations by Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter, Sep 22, 2017;Mark Wahlberg teaming up with Cardinal Cupich for Chicago faith night by Kim Janssen, Chicago Tribune, October 3, 2017, 1:21 PM;Cardinal Cupich: Thoughts and prayers for shooting victims 'are not enough' by Kim Janssen, Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2017, 4:45 PM; Cupich suffers rare political defeat at hands of fellow U.S. bishops by Kim Janssen, Chicago Tribune, November 14, 2017, 2:55 PM;In show of solidarity, Pope Francis asks Cardinal Cupich to visit Puerto Rico by Michael J. O’Loughlin, America, The Jesuit Review, November 27, 2017;El cardenal de Chicago, Blase Cupich, llega a Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día, domingo, 3 de diciembre de 2017 - 6:17 PM;Cardenal Blase Joseph Cupich llega a Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día, 12/11/2017 8:33:51 PM;Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ ‘field hospital’ calls us to radically rethink church life, by Blase Cupich, America, the Jesuit Review, December 29, 2017;

2018

Cupich says 'Amoris Laetitia' changes how church teaches families, by learning by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Feb 9, 2018;Cupich speaks: The church must learn from the faithful about married life by Thomas Reese, The National Catholic Reporter, Feb 12, 2018;Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ family teaching is a paradigm shift in the church by Michael J. O’Loughlin, America, the Jesuit review, February 09, 2018;Cardinal Cupich calls for action on gun legislation by Heidi Schlumpf, National Catholic Reporter, Feb 28, 2018; Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich: Listen to young people about guns by Michael J. O’Loughlin, Anerica, the Jesuit review, February 28, 2018; Chicago cardinal praises anti-gun march on local highway, The Boston Pilot, CNS, 7/9/2018; Cardinal Cupich: Death penalty can't 'rebalance the scales of justice' by Michelle Martin, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Chicago, 8/6/2018; Cupich urges accountability in fellow bishops, lay leadership on abuse issue by Heidi Schlumpf, National Catholic Reporter, Aug 27, 2018; Card. Cupich promises to be more attentive, present, available to young people by Linda Bordoni, Vatican News, 11 October 2018, 15:48, with video; Honesty, gratitude to God are basis of credibility, cardinal tells synod by Cindy Woodn, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 10/11/2018; Exclusive: Cupich says bishops must cede authority, allow lay oversight of accusations by Joshua J. McElwee, Heidi Schlumpf, National Catholic Reporter, Rome, Oct 15, 2018; Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal by Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency, Washington D.C., Nov 16, 2018, 06:56 pm; Cupich denies working with Wuerl on ‘metropolitan model’ plan for sex abuse inquiries by Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency, Washington D.C., Nov 21, 2018 / 09:07 pm; Cardinals Cupich, Gracias Appointed to Committee for February Abuse Meeting by Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, Nov. 23, 2018; Cupich named to organizing group of Vatican's February meeting on abuse crisis by Hannah Brockhaus, Vatican City, CNA/EWTN News, Nov 23, 2018 / 05:15 am; Card. Cupich et Mgr Scicluna: «Le sommet de février devra impulser un changement de culture» by Manuella Affejee, with avec Crux and America Magazine, Cité du Vatican, 26 novembre 2018, 11:07; Lettera dei Membri del Comitato organizzativo ai partecipanti all’incontro “La protezione dei minori nella Chiesa” (21-24 febbraio 2019), in English, Press Office of the Holy See, 18.12.2018;

2019

Cardinal Cupich asks for new structure to ensure bishops' accountability by Cindy Wooden, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 2/22/2019; Cardenal Blase Cupich: “No a la soledad, no al aislamiento” by Anita Bourdin, Zenit, 23 febero 2019; Exclusive: Cupich, Scicluna say Vatican should give reasons when a bishop is sacked by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Vatican City, Feb 27, 2019; Cardinal Cupich warns against 'radical' Illinois abortion bills, The Boston Pilot, CNA, Chicago, Ill., Mar 26, 2019; Chicago archbishop apologizes for Farrakhan visit to Catholic Church by Rhina Guidos, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Washington, 5/13/2019; Illinois Senate passage of abortion bill called 'sad day in history of state', The Boston Pilot, CNS, Chicago, 6/3/2019; Cardinal Cupich on the need to be effective and authentic in social ministry by Linda Bordoni, vaticannews.va, 12 September 2019, 18:46, with audio; Chicago cardinal acknowledges debt to ‘bravery’ of clerical abuse victims by Inés San Martín, Crux, Mexico City, Nov 9, 2019; Cardinal Cupich: How can we end clerical sex abuse and purify the church?, America The Jesuit Review, November 29, 2019;

2020

Cardinal Cupich: God 'schemes' for our salvation by Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency, Washington D.C., Jan 25, 2020 / 10:01 pm; Cardinal Cupich: Promoting human dignity is our baptismal call by Cardinal Blase Cupich, National Catholic Reporter, Jan 25, 2020; Cardinal Cupich warns against the Church entering partisan politics by Christopher White, Crux, New York, Jan 27, 2020; 'We must be humble', Cardinal Cupich says as 'Vos estis' task force begins work, Catholic News Agency, Chicago, Ill., Mar 5, 2020 / 05:01 pm; Cardinal Cupich: How Vatican II can help us navigate the politics of a pandemic, America, the Jesuit Review, May 26, 2020; Cardenales Cupich y Aguiar piden celebrar a la Guadalupana en casa, Desde la fe, 5 diciembre, 2020;

2021

In Unprecedented Move, Cardinal Cupich Criticizes USCCB Statement on Joe Biden, National Catholic Register, Washington, January 21, 2021; George Weigel: Cardinal Cupich’s Criticisms of Archbishop Gomez are Baseless, National Catholic Register, Washington, January 23, 2021; Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Cupich after Biden inauguration statement dispute by Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Jan 30, 2021 / 08:00 am MT; By meeting Cupich, Pope Francis masters speaking without words by John L. Allen Jr., Crux, Jan 31, 2021; ‘Ill-Considered’? Cardinal Cupich’s Tweets Get Few ‘Likes’ Among Bishops by Joan Frawley, National Catholic Register, Chicago, February 3, 2021; Is Cardinal Cupich on his way to the Vatican?, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Feb 3, 2021 / 05:52 pm MT; Cupich visit to Vatican fuels speculation on new post: report by Madeline Kenney, Chicago Sun Times, Feb 3, 2021, 8:52pm CST; Cardinal Blase Cupich demanding details on abusive order priests but won’t post findings by Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun Times, Feb 5, 2021, 5:30am CST; Cardinal Cupich Seems to Be the Vatican’s Choice by Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register, February 5, 2021; After U.S. hits 500,000 COVID deaths, Chicago cardinal calls for prayer, vigilance against virus by John Lavenburg, Crux, New York, Feb 23, 2021; Cupich: Libertarian ideology hinders Laudato Si' adoption in the church by Brian Roewe, The National Catholic Reporter online, Mar 4, 2021; Cupich: 30 years ago Cardinal Bernardin developed plan to address abuse by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service, April 12, 2021; Cardinals Cupich and Tobin Met With CDF Prefect in Late April by Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, Vatican City, May 12, 2021; Cardinal Cupich reinstates activist priest accused of abuse, Catholic Herald, May 25, 2021 at 9:53 pm; Cardinal Cupich and the other USCCB 'Eucharistic coherence' debate by JD Flynn, The Pillar, June 17, 2021; Francis asks Chicago's Cupich to investigate Vatican's peace and justice office by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Jun 24, 2021; Chicago cardinal says Church cannot be complacent about abuse prevention by Inés San Martín, Crux, Rome, Jul 3, 2021; Cardinal Cupich highlights the role of religion in American democracy, Vatican News, 09 July 2021, 15:51; Cardinal Cupich: 5 steps to contrast growing violence in Chicago by Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News, 10 July 2021, 16:51; Amid rising gun violence, Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich calls for solidarity—not retreating to safe spaces by Michael J. O’Loughlin, America, The Jesuit Review, July 13, 2021; Cardinal Cupich: To save planet, US must reject 'false idol' of money by Brian Roewe, Earth Beat, National Catholic Reporter, Jul 14, 2021; Cardinal Cupich Reportedly ‘Leaning Hard’ on Bioethics Center to Retract Stance on COVID Vaccine Exemptions by Alejandro Bermudez, Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency, Denver Newsroom, Aug 11, 2021 / 17:32 pm; Pastor says priest 'misspoke' when he alleged Cardinal Cupich stopped public prayers after Mass Joe Bukuras, Catholic News Agency, Chicago, Ill., Aug 28, 2021 / 16:00 pm; A Strategy for Launching a Eucharistic Revival by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Commonweal, September 13, 2021; Cupich's call for a eucharistic revival offers the bishops a way out of the mess they made for themselves by Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter, Sep 17, 2021; Catholic schools in Puerto Rico still damaged after 2017 hurricane by Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News, 30 October 2021, 13:01; Chicago cardinal says ‘liturgical reform’ means leaving behind old forms of Mass by John Lavenburg, Crux, New York, Nov 4, 2021; Cardinal Cupich faces clash of ideas and reality over Traditionis custodes by JD Flynn, The Pillar, Nov 4 2021; Il senso di Traditionis custodes, Settimana News, 5 novembre 2021; Cupich, Messa antica: sulle nuove norme occorre accompagnare i fedeli by Gabriella Ceraso, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 09 novembre 2021, 15:50; Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ Latin Mass reforms are necessary to secure Vatican II’s legacy by Blase J. Cupich, America, The Jesuit Review, November 10, 2021; Healing and unity, or confusion and obfuscation? A reply to Cardinal Cupich by Joseph Shaw, The Catholic World Report, November 16, 2021; Chicago, Cupich pubblica una direttiva per l’attuazione di Traditionis custodes by Sr. Bernadette Mary Reis, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 27 dicembre 2021, 16:00; The Chicago Way, and 'In Case You Missed It' by JD Flynn, The Pillar, Dec 28, 2021;

2022

Liturgical discipline: It’s about the people by Ed Condon, The Pillar, January 3, 2022; Cardinal Cupich booed and heckled by some at Chicago March for Life rally by Shannon Mulle, Catholic News Agency, Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 9, 2022 / 12:25 pm; Cardinal Cupich in Dubrovnik for local Feast Day celebrations by Neno Kužina and Paula Marija Stier, Vatican News, 04 February 2022, 12:23; Breaking: ¿Envió el Vaticano un “investigador secreto” antes de destituir a obispo en Puerto Rico? by David Ramos, ACI Prensa,28 de abril de 2022 - 5:04 PM; Cardinal Cupich: The Second Amendment did not come down from Sinai by Blase J. Cupich, America, The Jesuit Review, May 25, 2022; Pope Francis and a cardinal say it's time for the U.S. to act on guns by Bill Chappell, NPR, May 25, 2022 9:55 AM ET;Pope Francis names Cardinal Cupich a member of Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Jun 1, 2022 / 05:25 am; Pope Francis Names Cardinal Cupich a Member of Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship, National Catholic Register, Vatican City, June 1, 2022; The City of Big Shoulders — and Liturgical Confusion: Chicago Faithful Flummoxed by Inconsistent Liturgy Policy by Jonathan Liedl, National Catholic Register, Chicago, June 27, 2022; Chicago cardinal calls for ‘serious, broadly popular gun-safety measures’ by John Lavenburg, Crux, Portland, Oregon, Jul 5, 2022, with audio; Cardinal Cupich on shootings: We must remove 'weapons of war' from our streets by Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News, 05 July 2022, 14:09, with audio; Cardinal Cupich Prays for Victims of 4th of July Mass Shooting in Chicago Suburb, National Catholic Register, July 5, 2022; Cardenal Cupich tras el tiroteo en Chicago: «Las armas de fuego no tienen lugar en la sociedad civil» by Fran Otero, Alfa & Omega, 5 de Julio de 2022; U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Shares Statement from Catholic Co-Chairman of National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue: “Catholics in the United States Stand in Solidarity with Our Muslim Neighbors”, Public Affairs Office, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, August 11, 2022; Cupich expresses solidarity with Muslim community by John Lavenburg, Crux, New York, Aug 11, 2022, with audio; Chicago cardinal pledges support for migrants sent from Texas by John Lavenburg, Crux, New York, Sep 7, 2022; Archbishop Cupich, Cardinal Dolan join forces on transgender issue by J-P Mauro, Aleteia, 09/29/22; Exclusive interview: Cardinal Blase Cupich talks on key issues of today, what future holds by Alan Krashesky, ABC7, Chicago, Monday, November 21, 2022 12:07 AM, with video; Church officials clear Chicago priest Pfleger of abuse claim, Crux, Associated Press, Dec 12, 2022, with audio; Cardinal Cupich: Benedict XVI an outstanding 'witness of humility' by Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News, 03 January 2023, 14:53, with audio; Cardinal Cupich misuses the words and teaching of Pope Benedict XVI by Carl Olson, The Catholic World Report, February 18, 2023; Cardinal Cupich and the Hermeneutics of the Abyssby Larry Chapp, The Catholic World Report, February 21, 2023.

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(45) 6. D'ROZARIO, C.S.C., Patrick
(1943-

Birth. October 1, 1943, village of Padri Shibpur, district of Barisal, diocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh, then Eastern Bengal and Assam, at that time part of British India. He is the youngest of the eight children of Dispina and Michael Ningal D'Rozario, a farmer and then sannyasin, "seeker of truth", a Hindu monk who lived on alms. He was nursed back to health by the Holy Cross Sisters as a teenager when he was gravely ill.

Education. He received his basic instruction in his native city; in 1961 he started the noviciate in the Congregation of the Holy Cross in Sagardi, Barisal. After obtaining the degree letters at Notre Dame College in Dhaka, in 1966 he entered the Seminary of Christ the King in Karachi, Pakistan, to study philosophy and theology. On January 1, 1971, he emitted the religious profession.

Priesthood. Ordained, October 8, 1972, in Padrishibpur, by Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C., of Chittagong. He was the first priest of the local church to be ordained after the war of which produced the independence of Bangladesh. For one year, he was assistant priest in the parish of Gournadi; then, he went to Belgium for specialization in moral theology at the Pontifical University of Louvain. He returned to his country in 1976, and was professor of moral theology at Bonani's National Major Seminary, Dhaka, at the same time holding the post of deputy director of the Holy Cross scholasticate at Notre Dame College. In 1979, he was appointed director of the National Center for Pastoral Services, and at the same time he founded "Prodipon", publication of the Major Seminary. Chosen in 1982 as Chittagong district superior of his congregation, he served for a year as parish priest in Padrishibpur, teaching part-time moral theology at the Dhaka National Seminary. In the same years, he founded the Pastoral Service Team, and was parish priest of Barisal and founder of the Pastoral Center and for retreats in Sagardi.

Episcopate. Elected first bishop of the new diocese of Rajshahi, May 21, 1990. Consecrated, September 12, 1990, at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Bonarpara Haroa, by Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C., bishop of Dinajpur, assisted by Michael Rozario, archbishop of Dhaka and by Piero Biggio, titular archbishop of Otricoli. His episcopal motto is Joy in communion. Participated in October 1994 in the Synod of Bishops on Consecrated Life. Transferred to the see of Chittagong, the second most important of the country, February 3, 1995. He entered the diocese on the following April 21. During the pastoral ministry in the two dioceses, in the Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB), he presided over the Commissions Iustitia et Pax, then on the Social Communications and finally for Ecumenism and interreligious Dialogue. At the same time, he was a member of the Committee for Social Communications in the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) and of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He also chaired the Committee for the Translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church into the Bengali language and then the Commissions for the Laity and the Catholic Education of the CBBC, until becoming vice president of the same Conference. Promoted to archbishop coadjutor of Dhaka, November 25, 2010. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of Dhaka on October 22, 2011. Elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Bangladesh in December 2011 and, as such, participated in the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Pastoral Challenges on the Family in the Context of Evangelization, Vatican City, October 5-19, 2014. He has also been head of the United Forum of Churches of Bangladesh since August 2012. Moreover, after being a member of the Office for the Laity and the FABC family, he became president of the Federation for the two year period 2013-2015.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi in that same consistory. He is the first cardinal from Bangladesh. Took possession of his title on Saturday May 13, 2017, at 6 p.m. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Dicastery for the Service of the Integral Hunman Development. On December 11, 2018, he was named special papal envoy to the celebration of the 27th World Day of the Sick, programmed for Calcutta, India, on February 9 to 11, 2019. On September 30, 2020, the pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Dhaka. The pope named Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I., until then bishop of Sylhet to succeed him.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;Bangladesh gets its first cardinal by Rock Ronald Rozario, UCA News, Dhaka Bangladesh, October 10, 2016; Coadjutor Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario, CSC, Becomes the Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Canada and Beyond, Tuesday, October 25, 2011; Bangladesh, il primo cardinale e il viaggio annunciato by Giorgio Bernardelli, Vatican Insider, 09/10/2016 alle ore 16:36; Interview: New Bangladesh Cardinal ‘Dumbfounded’ by Pope’s Gesture by Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican City, National Catholic Register, Nov. 22, 2016;Holy Cross Celebrates Cardinal Patrick D'Rosario in a Banquet at the Generalate, Congregation of the Holy Cross, General Administration, November 23, 2016; Bangladeshis celebrate country's first cardinal, UCA news, December 12, 2016;Dhaka cardinal encourages Christians to stay united, UCA News, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 5, 2017;Pope Francis' visit to Bangladesh sparks joy, enthusiasm by Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, UCA News, Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 29, 2017;Bangladés: El Papa llegará a Daca como “peregrino” by Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit, 7 noviembre 2017;“¡Usted Ama Bangladesh!”: El Card. D´ Rozario agradece al Papa Francisco by Anita Bourdin, Zenit, 1 diciembre 2017;Pope’s Bangladesh visit has touched all says Card. D’Rozario, audio, Vatican Radio, 06/12/2017 15:04; Bangladesh Church steps up protection of children by Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, UCA News, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 25, 2018; Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, CSC - Witness Interview, Salt+Light, Toronto, interview by Father Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., August 17, 2018; Il Cardinale D'Rozario: "Proclamare il Vangelo ai poveri è la priorità", Agenzia Fides, Dacca, sabato, 22 dicembre 2018; Lettera del Santo Padre all’Inviato Speciale alla celebrazione della XXVII Giornata Mondiale del Malato (Calcutta, India, 9-11 febbraio 2019), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 02.02.2019; Card. D’Rozario: World Day of the Sick, Calcutta, communion with sick, infirm by Robin Gomez, Vatican News, 06 February 2019, 14:17, with audio; Bangladesh cardinal says Church has updated its abuse reporting policy by Nirmala Carvalho, Crux, Mumbai, India, Oct 10, 2019; Bangladesh cardinal appeals for charity during pandemic by Rock Ronald Rozario, UCA News, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 8, 2020; Asia - I Cardinali asiatici: solidarietà al Myanmar, appello per la pace e la democrazia, Agenzia Fides, Manila, mercoledì, 24 marzo 2021.

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(46) 7. PORRAS CARDOZO, Baltazar Enrique
(1944-

Birth. October 10, 1944, Caracas, Venezuela. Eldest of the eight children of Baltazar Porras Porras (+) and Blanca Luz Cardozo Heredia. The other siblings are Iván Alfredo, Teodardo Enrique, Matías Felipe, Leonardo, Nury del Rosario, José Rafael e Indira. He was baptized and confirmed on May 6, 1945, in the Cathedral of San Cristóbal, Táchira, by Rafael Arias Blanco, bishop of San Cristóbal; his godfather was Matías Cardozo Lovera (maternal grandfather); and his godmother, Rafaela Porras de Porras (paternal grandmother). He received his first Communion on December 8, 1952 in the chapel of Colegio Fray Luis de León, Caracas.

Education. Primary education, 1952 to 1956; he solemnly received the cassock on October 24, 1958, from Rafael Arias Blanco, archbishop of Caracas, in the Chapel of the Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas; secondary education, Minor Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas, 1956 to 1959; and Major Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas, 1960 to 1962, where he obtained a diploma in Humanities. After studying philosophy at the Major Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas from 1959 to 1962, he was sent to study at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain, where he obtained the license in theology, magna cum laude, in 1966; he received the clerical tonsure on April 14, 1963 in the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, from Francisco Barbado Viejo, bishop of Salamanca. He received the minor orders of lector and porter on December 13, 1964, in the Chapel of Padre Scío School of the Piarist Fathers, Salamanca, from Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera, bishop of Camagüey, Cuba; the minor orders of exorcist and accolyte on January 17, 1965, in the Chapel of the Seminary of Calatrava, Salamanca, from Mons. Mauro Rubio Repullés, bishop of Salamanca; received the subdiaconate on June 26, 1966, in the Chapel of Padre Scío School, Salamanca, from Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo, bishop of Plasencia, Spain; and the diaconate, in the Cathedral of Calabozo, on October 30, 1966, from Miguel Antonio Salas, bishop of Calabozo. From 1966 to 1970, he was deacon, teacher and member of the management team of the San José de Calabozo Minor Seminary. From 1970 to 1975, he attended Instituto de Mejoramiento Profesional del Magisterio, obtaining the title of Professor of Secondary Education, specialty in Geography and History. From 1975 to 1977, he studied at Instituto Superior de Pastoral at that same university, obtaining a doctorate in pastoral theology. He studied French at Institut Catholique, Paris, 1964; and at Alliance Française, Paris, 1965; and English at Trinity College, Dublín, in 1976. On April 24, 1987, he obtained the title of radio announcer, certification 14.066, issued by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Priesthood. Ordained, July 30, 1967, at the cathedral of Calabozo, Venezuela, by Miguel Antonio Salas, bishop of Calabozo. Pastor of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles Parish, Calabozo, from 1967 to 1969. Chaplain of Hospital Mercedes, Calabozo, from 1969 to 1971. Chancellor-Secretary of the Episcopal Curia of Calabozo, from 1968 to 1975. President of the Sectional Guárico of the Asociación Venezolana de Educación Católica (AVEC), from 1970 to 1971. Diocesan Assessor of the Movement of Cursillos de Cristiandad of the diocese of Calabozo, from 1969 to 1975. Venezuelan Representative at the Third Latinamerican Ecounter of Cursillos de Cristiandad in Itaici, Brazil, in 1972. Representative to the Second World Encounter of Cursillos de Cristiandad in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in 1973. Board Member of the Pastoral Council of Calabozo, from 1971 to 1975. Member of the Calabozo Presbyteral Council, from 1971 to 1975. Director of the Diocesan Secretariat of Liturgy of Calabozo, from 1970 to 1975. Pastor of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, Calabozo, from 1972 to 1975. Further studies in Madrid, Spain, 1975 to 1977. Member of the management team of the Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas, from January to July 1978; its Vicerector, from 1978 to 1979; Professor of Dogmatics and Pastoral, from 1978-1983; its Academic Subdirector, from 1979 to 1981; in 1981 the Major Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas became the University Institute Santa Rosa de Lima Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas, from 1981 to 1982. Vice-president of the Organization of Seminaries of Venezuela (OSVEN), from 1978 to 1980; its president, from 1981 to 1983. Rector of the Seminary San José for adult vocations in El Hatillo, Caracas, from 1979 to 1983. Member ex officio of the Presbyteral Council of the Archdiocese of Caracas, from 1979 to 1983. Vice-president of the Organization of Latinamerican Seminaries (OSLAM), from 1982 to 1983. Team Advisor of the Movement of Cursillos de Cristiandad, Caracas, from 1979 to 1983. Director of the Theological Review "Iglesia Pascual", from 1979 to 1981. Director of ADSUM, official organ of the Archdiocese of Caracas, from 1982 to 1983.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Lamdia and named auxiliary of Mérida, July 30, 1983. Consecrated, September 17, 1983, at Cathedral Inmaculada Concepción, Mérida, by Cardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, archbishop of Caracas, assisted by Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.J.M., archbishop of Mérida, and by Domingo Roa Pérez, archbishop of Maracaibo. His episcopal motto is In nomine tuo. Vicar Episcopal for the Social Means of Communication and Lay Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Mérida, from 1983 to 1991. Interim Secretary of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and President of the Organizing Commission of the Papal Visit to Venezuela, from 1984 to 1985. Rector of the Major Archdiocesan Seminary of Mérida, from 1984 to 1987. Director of the Theological Studies Center Juan Pablo II of the Archdiocese of Mérida, from 1985 to 1991. President of the Episcopal Commission of Lay Apostolate of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, from 1984 to 1987. President of the Episcopal Commission of Agents and Responsible of the Section of Lay Apostolate of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, from 1987 to 1990. President of the Episcopal Commission of Faith and Liturgy and Responsible of the Sector Liturgy of the Venezuela Episcopal Conference, from 1990 to 1993. Member of the Permanent Commission of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, from 1987 to 1990; 1990 to 1993; 1993 to 1996; and 1996 to 1999. Member of the Episcopal Commission on Education of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (CELAM), from 1987 to 1991. Representative of the Venezuelan Episcopate to the 7th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Vocation and Mission of the Lay in the Church and in the World, Vatican City, October 1987. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Mérida on October 30, 1991. Took possession of the see on the following December 5, in the metropolitan cathedral of Mérida. Member, by election, of the Fourth General Conference of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), celebrated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in October 1992. Vice-president of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, from 1993 to 1996; and from 1996 to 1999. Representative of the Venezuelan Episcopate to the 45th International Eucharistic Congress of Sevilla, June 7–13, 1993. Consultor of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Wealth of the Holy See, from 1995 to 2000. President of the Department of the Lay (DELAI) of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (CELAM), from 1995 to 1999. President of the Coordinating Commission for the second Papal Visit to Venezuela, from 1995 to 1996). Member of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Wealth of the Holy See for two quinquenniums, May 21, 1997 to 2002; and 2002 to 2007. Member, by election, of the Synod for America, celebrated at the Vatican, November-December 1997. Member of the Postsynodal Council of the Special Synod for America, Vatican City, from December 1997. From March 2, 1998 to June 18, 1999 he was apostolic administrator, sede vacante, of the diocese of San Cristóbal. President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, from 1999 to 2003; and from 2003 to 2006. President of the Department of Communications of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (CELAM) from 2003 to 2007. President of the Episcopal Commissions of Social Communication and of Culture of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, from 2006 to 2009. First Vice-president of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), from 2007 to 2011.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio in that same consistory. On January 14, 2017, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Took possession of his title on Sunday June 11, 2017. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. On July 9, 2018, the Pope named him apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the archdiocesis of Caracas. On September 7, 2019, he was named one of the three president delegates of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region programmed in the Vatican from October 6 to 27, 2019. On November 11, 2019, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Council for Culture. On January 17, 2023, the pope named him archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela. He became the 16th archbishop of Caracas. He took possession of the archdiocese on January 28, 2023. On January 31, 2023, the pope accepted his resignation from the pastoral office of the archdiocese of Mérida. He was succeeded by Helizandro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A., until then archbishop coadjutor of that metropolitan see.

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(47) 8. DE KESEL, Jozef
(1947-

Birh. June 17, 1947, Gent, Eastern Flanders, Belgium. One of the nine children of Albert De Kesel and Gabriëlle Boels. Both his parents are deceased. His uncle Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel (1903-2001) was auxiliary bishop of Ghent from 1961 to 1990. His first name is also listed as Josef.

Education. After completing his secondary education at Sint-Vincentius College in Eeklo, he went to the seminary in September 1965. He studied a year of philosophy at Sint-Paulus Seminary in Ghent-Mariakerke. He then followed the candidacies of Philosophy and Arts (History section) at the Catholic University of Leuven. He then attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, from 1968 and obtained the baccalaureate and license. Obtained a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1977 with the dissertation “Le refus décidé de l’objectivation. Une interprétation du Jésus historique dans la théologie chez Rudolf Bultmann». He speaks French, Dutch, English and Italian.

Priesthood. Ordained, August 26, 1972, for the diocese of Gent, in the parish church of Adegem, by Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel, titular bishop of Sinao, auxiliary of Gent. From 1974 to 1980 he was a religion professor at Sint-Vincentius College and Sint-Leoinstituut in Eeklo and there was also responsible for the pastoral of the school. From 1977 to 1980 he was a lecturer at the Social School of Gent. He gave courses in religion, philosophical anthropology and current trends. From 1980 to 1996 he was prefect and professor at the Major Seminary of Gent. He taught dogmatic and fundamental theology. At the same time he also taught theological courses at the Higher Diocesan Religious Institute in Gent, where he became president in 1992. Since 1983 he was responsible for the training of pastoral workers in the diocese of Gent. From 1989 to 1992 he taught Christology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Leuven. On March 1, 1992, Bishop Arthur Luysterman of Gent appointed him episcopal vicar, responsible for the theological and pastoral education and training of priests, deacons, religious and laity.

Episcopate. Elected to the titular see of Bulna and appointed auxiliary of Mechelen-Brussel, March 20, 2002. Consecrated, May 26, 2002, at the cathedral of Brussels, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel, assisted by Arthur Luysterman, bishop of Gent, and by Rémy Victor Vancottem, titular bishop of Unizibira, auxiliary of Mechelen-Brussel. His episcopal motto is Vobiscum christianu. From 2002 to 2010 he was Vicar General for the Vicariate of Brussel. On March 17, 2010 he was named Vicar General of the Vicariate of the Flemish Brabant and of the zone of Mechelen. Transferred to the see of Brugge on August 25, 2010. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Mechelen-Brussel on November 6, 2015. Took possession of the see on December 12, 2015. Named Military Ordinary for Belgium on November 6, 2015. Took possession on April 27, 2016. In January 2016 he was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Belgium. He is the author of numerous articles and a book on the Church and on the various aspects of the Christian life.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in that same consistory. Took possession of his title on Saturday March 25, 2017 at 5 p.m. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. On November 11, 2019, the Pope named him member of the Pontifical Council for Culture. On April 15, 2020, he stepped down temporarily from the pastoral government of the Archdiocese for health reasons for an indefinite period of time. On Monday August 24, 2020, he underwent surgery at the Gasthuisberg University Clinics in Leuven by the team of Professors Eric Van Cutsem and André D’Hoore. This intervention followed chemotherapy treatment. According to the doctors, the procedure went well. Then began a recovery period which took some time. On March 28, 2022, he was named special papal envoy to the celebration of the 850th anniversary of the dedication of the Notre-Dame cathedral of Tournai, Belgium, programmed for May 22, 2022. On February 18, 2023, the pope named him member of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

Webgraphy. Curriculum vitae, in Dutch, archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel;photograph and biograpy, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;his arms, Araldica Vaticana;L'émotion de Mgr Jozef De Kesel, bientôt créé cardinal, audio, Radio Vatican, 10/10/2016 16:32;Cardinal-Elect De Kesel Brings Problematic Record on Handling Clergy Abuse Allegations by Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, Brussels, Nov. 18, 2016; Cardenal apoya “bendición” de parejas homosexuales by Walter Sánchez Silva, ACI Prensa, 8 de mayo de 2018 11:43 am; Belgien: Kardinal De Kesel gibt vorübergehend Leitung ab, Vatican News, 15 April 2020, 11:56; Des nouvelles du cardinal De Kesel by Christophe Herinckx, Cathobel, 28 août 2020; Belgio: presentato Rapporto annuale Chiesa cattolica. Card. De Kezel (presidente vescovi), “a fianco di tutti, soprattutto anziani, malati e esclusi dalla società” Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 18 novembre 2020 @ 12:28; ‘Het idee dat gelovigen niet worstelen met hun sterfelijkheid, klopt niet by Hilde Van den Eynde, Standaard, 3 april 2021 om 3.25 uur; De verrijzenis van Jozef De Kesel, de kardinaal doorbreekt de stilte: “Ik ben niet klaar om te sterven” by Paul Cobbaert, De Zondag, 4 April 2021; Il ne se voyait pas mourir à 73 ans: le Cardinal De Kesel va bientôt vaincre son cancer by Dominique Delhalle, rtbf.be, 04 avril 2021 à 13h43; Josef De Kesel : « L’Eglise traverse une crise » by Vincent Delrops, CathoBel, 26 mai 2021; Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, a man of extraordinary freedom by Christophe Henning, La Croix International, May 26, 2021; Belgian cardinal says the Church of the future will be more humble by Christophe Henning, La Croix International, May 26, 2021; Jozef De Kessel, le cardinal belge à la gauche du pape Françoisby Bernadette Sauvaget, Libération, Il Sismografo, mercoledì 2 giugno 2021; Belgian cardinal says secularism can offer a new perspective by Pieter Derdeyn, Crux, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Jun 26, 2021; Le cardinal Jozef De Kesel reprend ses activités après sa maladie, La Libre, 30-08-2021 à 16h34; Le cardinal De Kesel: « une réforme de l’Eglise est nécessaire » by Christophe Herinckx, CathoBel, 18 janvier 2022; Nomina dell’Inviato Speciale a presiedere la Santa Messa in occasione del 850° anniversario della dedicazione della Cattedrale di Notre-Dame di Tournai, Belgio (22 maggio 2022), Sala Stampa della santa Sede, 28.03.2022; Lettera all’Inviato Speciale del Santo Padre alla celebrazione dell’850 anniversario della dedicazione della Cattedrale di Notre-Dame di Tournai, in Belgio (22 maggio 2022), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 14.05.2022; Il cardinale De Kesel inviato papale a Tournai. Per la celebrazione dell’850° anniversario della dedicazione della cattedrale della diocesi belga, L'Osservtore Romano, 14 maggio 2022; Le cardinal De Kesel présente sa démission en tant qu’archevêque de Malines-Bruxelles, sudinfo, vendredi 17 Juin 2022 à 12h44; El cardenal de Bruselas disuelve la Comunidad Palabra de Vida por "disfunción grave y sistémica" by José Lorenzo, Religión Digital, 27.06.2022; Cardinals disbands charismatic community founded in 1986 by Christophe Henning, La Croix International, June 28, 2022; L'Eglise de Flandre accorde la bénédiction aux couples homosexuels, famille chretienne, 20/09/2022 à 14:02; Belgio, sì dei vescovi alla benedizione delle coppie gay: strappo con il Vaticano by Claudio Del Frate, Corriere della Sera, 20 settembre 2022 | 17:24; Jozef De Kesel: « Certains accusent le Pape d’un manque de profondeur théologique. C’est triste, inexact et injuste » by Vincent Delcorps, CathoBel, 15 mars 2023.

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(48) 9. PIAT, C.S.Sp., Maurice
(1941-

Birth. July 19, 1941, Moka, diocese of Port-Luis, Mauritius. Youngest child of Maurice Piat and Alix Kœnig. His middle name is Evenor.

Education. After his secondary studies at Collège du Saint-Esprit, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, he entered the novitiate of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) in Ireland, where he made his religious profession on September 8, 1962. He obtained a bachelor of arts at the University College, Dublin; he was admitted to the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome and continued his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University obtaining a license in theology in 1972.

Priesthood. Ordained, August 2, 1970, by Jean Margéot, bishop of Port Louis. Further theological studies from 1970 to 1972. After finishing his formation, he spent three months ministering in Bangalore, India. Returned to his country and was named professor and catechist at Collège du Saint-Esprit, Quatre-Bornes. In 1982 he was made responsible for the aspirants to the seminary at Foyer Monseigneur-Murphy, Vacoas. From 1977 to 1979 he took a course at Institut pour la Formation des Educateurs du Clergé. After returning to Mauritius, was Sunday vicar at the parish Saint-François-d’Assise a Pamplemousses from 1979 to 1985; and then, in 1986, pastor of the parish of the Cœur-Immaculé-de-Marie in Rivière-du-Rempart. Besides, in 1981 he became responsible for the diocesan pastoral project for the ecclesiastical communities of base; and successively, Episcopal Vicar for the formation and coordination of diocesan pastoral. In those years he contributed to the creation of a center of formation in Thabor, Beau-Bassin.

Episcopate. Named coadjutor of the bishop of Port Louis, Cardinal Jean Margéot, January 21, 1991. Consecrated, May 19, 1991, at Stadium Marie Reine de la Paix, Port Louis, by Cardinal Jean Margeot, bishop of Port Louis, assisted by Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry, bishop of St-Denis-de-La Réunion, by Maurice Couve de Murville, archbishop of Birmingham, and by Alphonsus Mathias, archbishop of Bangalore. His episcopal motto is Pousse vers le large. Succeeded to the see of Port-Louis on March 15, 1993. President of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (C.E.D.O.I.) from 1996 to 2002 and again from 2013 to September 2016. Since 2000 he has been member of the Permanent Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.). On September 6, 2006, the City of Port Louis conferred on him the award Honorary Freedom of the City. In 2009 he was named Grand Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean by Sir Anerood Jugnauth, president of Mauritius. Participated in the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, Vatican City, October 4-25, 2015.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia in that same consistory. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Dicastery for the Service of the Integral Human Development. Took possession of his title on Sunday November 25, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned eighty years old on July 19, 2021.

Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in French, Diocèse de Port-Louis;photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;arms and biography, in English, Wikipedia; biography, in Spanish, Wikipedia;his arms, Araldica Vaticana;Émotion de Mgr Maurice Piat, futur cardinal de l'Église catholique, audio, in French, Radio Vatican, 09/10/2016 17:28;Mauritius cardinal confirms that for Francis, ‘last shall be first’ is the rule by John L. Allen Jr., Crux, October 14, 2016; Roma: Toma de posesión de los cardenales Maurice Piat y António Augusto dos Santos Marto by Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit, noviembre 20, 2018, 17:22; Joie et fierté à l’île Maurice dans l’attente de la visite du Pape by Marine Henriot, vaticannews.va, Cité du Vatican, 27 mars 2019, 18:30; Mauritius’ Cardinal Piat calls for solidarity during COVID-19 pandemic by Paul Samasumo, Vatican News, Vatican City, 28 April 2020, 01:28; Le Cardinal Piat parle de «l'importance d'un guide lorsqu'un peuple se sent livré à lui-même», Defimedia, 02 août 2020; Il Cardinale Piat celebra oggi 50 anni di sacerdozio, Il Sismografo, domenica 2 agosto 2020; Mauritius cardinal praises outpouring of solidarity after oil spill by Jonathan Luxmoore, America, The Jesuit Review, Catholic News Service, Warsaw, Poland, August 20, 2020; Mauritius, Piat: in ascolto del grido della Terra, cambiamo il nostro modo di agire by Gabriella Ceraso, Vatican News, Città del Vaticano, 31 agosto 2020, 07:38, with audio; Hommage au père Laval : "Le peuple de Maurice souffre", lance le Cardinal Piat by Fabrice Floch-Yasine Mohabut, francetvinfo, 9 septembre 2020 à 11h01; Le Cardinal Maurice Piat fait appel aux catholiques pour un «Noël Solidaire» by Nathalie Marion Mungur, Defimedia.info, 06 novembre 2020; Mauritius: Cardinal Piat on lessons from the year just ended, Vatican News, 11 January 2021, 11:23; Lettre pastorale – Le Cardinal Piat : «Le pays a besoin de personnes qui regardent le bien commun et pas uniquement l'intérêt politique ou économique» by Terence O'Neill, DEFI Media, 16 février 2021, with video; Le cardinal Piat pas d’accord avec le slogan «mettre le gouvernement dehors» (sic) by Hansa Nancoo, leexpress.mu, 16 fév 2021 17:30; Covid-19 – Carême catholique: annulation des 40 Heures, annonce l’Evêché de Port-Louis, Inside News, March 7, 2021; Lunedì 19 luglio il cardinale Maurice Piat compie 80 anni. I porporati elettore scendono a 123, Il Sismografo, domenica 18 luglio 2021; Gli 80 anni del Cardinale Piat, terzo africano a uscire dal novero degli elettori nel 2021 by Marco Mancini, ACI Stampa, Port Louis, 19 luglio, 2021 / 9:00 AM; Le cardinal Maurice Piat : « La richesse d’un pays est le niveau de solidarité et non le revenu moyen », rédigé par E. Moris, Zinfos Moris, Mercredi 25 Août 2021; [Vidéo] Message de Noël du Cardinal Piat : la honteuse manipulation et censure de la MBC rédigé par E. Moris, Zinforz Moris, le Dimanche 26 Décembre 2021; Message du Cardinal censuré par la MBC: le diocèse réclame des explications by Stewelderson Casimir, lexpress.mu, 29 déc 2021 12:00; Le cardinal Piat plaide pour bâtir des ponts pour reconstruire le dialogue social by Florian Lepoigneur, lexpress.mu, 5 mar 2022; Message de Noël censuré par la MBC : le cardinal Piat saisit la Cour suprême contre l’IBA, Défi Media, 21 mai 2022; Actes de torture de la police : sévères sanctions réclamées par le Cardinal Piat, Le Mauricien, 1 Juin 2022 15h06; Message de Noël censuré par la MBC - L’IBA : «Le cardinal Piat ne peut recourir à une révision judiciaire» by Kursley Thanay, Defimedia.info, 02 juin 2022; Africa/Maurizio - “Le torture da parte dei poliziotti sono inumane e turbano la coesione sociale” dice il Cardinale Piat, Agenzia Fides, Port Louis, giovedì, 2 giugno 2022; Message de Noël censuré - Le cardinal Piat : «L’IBA a manqué à ses devoirs de régulateur» by Kursley Thanay, Defimedia.info, 21 juin 2022; Église catholique : Mgr Maurice Piat fête ses 30 ans à la tête du diocèse de Port-Louis, Defimedia.info, 19 mars 2023.

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(49) 10. FARRELL, Kevin Joseph
(1947-

Birth. September 2, 1947, Dublin, Ireland. The second of four sons; his older brother, Brian Farrell, L.C., is titular bishop of Abitane and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He grew up speaking Irish.

Education. After completing his primary and secondary education, he attended the University of Salamanca, Spain; and later, the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He obtained the license in philosophy and in theology at S. Tommaso d'Aquino University, Rome. Later, he completed a master's degree in business administration at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America. Joined the Congregation of the Legionaires of Christ in 1966.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 24, 1978, by Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes. Chaplain at the University of Monterrey, México; professor of economic studies; general administrator with the responsibility for seminaries and schools of the Legionaires of Christ in Italy, Spain and Ireland. In 1983 he exercised his pastoral ministry at the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. In 1984 he left the Congregation of the Legionaires of Christ and was incardinated in the archdiocese of Washington, where he was vice-pastor of the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle from 1984 to 1985; director of the Spanish Catholic Center in 1986; executive director regent of the Catholic Charitable Organizations from 1987 to 1988; secretary for the Financial Affairs from 1989 to 2001; pastor of the Annunciation parish from 2000 to 2002.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Rusuccuru and appointed auxiliary of Washington, December 28, 2001. Consecrated, February 11, 2002, at the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., by Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, assisted by Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey, archbishop emeritus of Washington, and by Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D., titular bishop of Legia, auxiliary of Washington. His episcopal motto is State in Fide. From 2001 he was vicar general for Administration and moderator of the Curia. On March 6, 2007, he was transferred to the see of Dallas. Named prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, August 15, 2016.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the deaconry of San Giuliano Martire in that same consistory. Took possession of his deaconry on January 29, 2017. On June 10, 2017, the pope named him member of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. On October 7, 2017, he was named special papal envoy to the inauguration of the Dome dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., National Shrine of the United States of America, programmed for December 8, 2017. On December 23, 2017, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City. On February 14, 2019, the pope named him Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. On June 19, 2020, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Council for the Legislative Texts. On October 5, 2020, he was named president of the Commission of Reserved Matters. On June 7, 2022, he was named chair of the Investment Committee. On April 25, 2023, the pope named him member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the fundamental questions of the evangelization in the world.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;his arms and biography, in Spanish, Wikipedia;his arms, Araldica Vaticana;Bishop Kevin Farrell. The Chief Shepherd of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas; Pope taps Dallas bishop to head new Vatican department for laity by Elise Harris, The Boston Pilot, CNA/EWTN News, Vatican City, 8/17/2016; Pope names Dallas bishop head of new office for laity, family, life by Cindy Wooden, National Catholic Reporter, Catholic News Service, Aug 17, 2016, updated at 10:40 a.m. CDT, Aug. 17; Vatican Radio interviews Bishop Farrell on new Vatican position, Vatican Radio, 17/08/2016 19:10;Dallas' Catholic bishop prepares for move to Vatican by Cynthia Izaguirre, WFAA, September 29, 2016, 10:40 PM. CDT; New Cardinal Farrell: Amoris Laetitia is 'the Holy Spirit speaking' by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Oct 14, 2016; Bishops need shared approach to 'Amoris Laetitia,' new cardinal says by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City, 11.16.2016 3:15 PM ET; Lo que piden los 3 nuevos cardenales de Estados Unidos by Miguel Pérez Pichel, ACI, Vaticano, 19 Nov. 16 / 04:06 pm;Cardinal hopes January dates for WYD in Panama won't keep students away by Cindy Wooden, The Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 1/25/2017; XI Encuentro Mundial de la Familia – Car. Farrell: Manifestaremos cuanto es bello el designio de Dios sobre la familia by Sergio Mora, Zenit, Ciudad del Vaticano, 30 Mar. 2017;Interview. Cardinal Kevin Farrell Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Salt and Light Broadcast Centre, October 11, 2017. YouTube; Washington: Cúpula de la Santísima Trinidad en la basílica de la Inmaculada. Card. Kevin Joseph Farrell, nombrado enviado especial, Zenit, 4 diciembre 2017;Majestic Mosaic: Trinity Dome at Mary’s Shrine Offers Encounter With Beauty by Jem Sullivan, National Catholic Register, Dec. 7, 2017;Cantiere in fermento. In un’intervista al cardinale Farrell bilanci e prospettive del Dicastero per i laici, la famiglia e la vita by Nicola Gori, L'Osservatore Romano, 11 gennaio 2018;Encore SLHour: Cardinal Farrell and other conversations, Salt and Light Media, January 27, 2018, with audio;Cardinal Farrell nixes LGBT advocates from Vatican-hosted conference by Elise Harris, The Boston Pilot, CNA/EWTN News, Vatican City, 2/5/2018;Vaticano: Cardenal veta a 2 activistas LGBT para evento por el Día de la Mujer, ACI Prensa, 8 de febrero de 2018 7:47 pm; Card. Farrell: Cristo sufre en los que sufren e intercede por el mundo, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 28 marzo 2018, 12:53, with audio; Vatican cardinal: Priests have ‘no credibility’ in marriage preparation by Charles Collins, Crux, Leicester, United Kingdom, Jul 5, 2018; After Cardinal Farrell’s Marriage-Preparation Remarks, Some Catholics Ask for Clarity by Ed Condon, National Catholic Register, Catholic News Agency, Jul. 9, 2018; La Iglesia no quiere “clericalizar” a los laicos, dice el Cardenal Farrell, Zenit, julio 15, 2018 18:21; Cardinal Farrell expresses shock over Cardinal McCarrick abuse case by Cindy Wooden, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Vatican City, 7/24/2018; McCarrick and His Proteges. The Miraculous Career of Cardinal Farrell by Sandro Magister, Settimo Cielo, 2 ago 2018; El aborto es un gravísimo desorden moral, recuerda Cardenal by Walter Sánchez Silva, ACI Prensa, 22 de agosto de 2018 1:58 pm; Kardinal: Übergriffe McCarricks waren unbekannt, vaticannews.va, 06 September 2018, 15:04; Card. Farrell: "La Pastoral familiar debe reflejar siempre el amor de Dios" by José Villanueva, vaticannews.va, Ciudad del Vaticano, 12 noviembre 2018, 17:24; Gmg 2019: card. Farrell (Dicastero laici), “continuazione di ciò che è avvenuto al Sinodo” e “inizio di un cambiamento nella Chiesa”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 14 gennaio 2019 @ 17:42; I giovani chiedono ascolto e dialogo. Intervista al cardinale Farrell by Gianluca Biccini, L'Osservatore Romano, 22 gennaio 2019; Pope Francis Names Cardinal Kevin Farrell Camerlengo by Hannah Brockhaus, National Catholic Register, CNA/EWTN News, Washington, Feb. 14, 2019; Pellegrinaggio famiglie a Pompei: card. Farrell, “vivere la vita familiare come una vera e propria missione”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 14 settembre 2019 @ 19:07; Voices of the Synod: Cardinal Kevin Farrell by Christopher Wells, vaticannews.va, 15 October 2019, 18:01; McAleese blames Farrell for failures in Pope Ireland visit by Sarah Mac Donald, The Tablet, 08 January 2020; Intervista dal cardinale Kevin Joseph Farrell Prefetto del Dicastero per i Laici, la Famiglia e la Vita by Alessandro Di Bussolo and Christopher Wells, Il Sismografo, Vatican News, giovedì 23 gennaio 2020; El cardenal Kevin Farrell inaugura el Congreso de Laicos en Madrid, El Confidencial Dugutal, 13/02/20 1:02; Responsable del Vaticano pide "invertir en formar a laicos" para que ocupen puestos de gobierno en la Iglesia, Diario Siglo XXI, viernes, 14 de febrero de 2020, 21:07 h (CET); Cardinal Farrell: We are one family, Vatican News, 21 April 2020, 17:31, with audio; Cardinal Farrell: Church unity concerns the whole people of God, Vatican News, 05 June 2020, 17:41; US Cardinal leads liturgy in Rome in solidarity with Floyd protests, Vatican News, 05 June 2020, 19:30; Cardinal Farrell laments ideological divide in Christian response to George Floyd killing by Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Jun 5, 2020 / 12:40 pm MT; Equality and human respect, L'Osservatore Romano, 12 June 2020;Cardenal Farrel en el II Encuentro de la Red Panamericana por la vida, Vatican News, 25 agosto 2020, 16:17; Cardinal Farrell to lead commission determining confidential contracts by Juno Arocho Esteves, Crux, Rome, Oct 5, 2020; Analysis: What does Cardinal Farrell's promotion say about the McCarrick report? by JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency, Denver Newsroom, Oct 13, 2020 / 02:55 pm MT; Intervento del Card. Kevin J. Farrell, Conferenza Stampa di presentazione dell’Anno “Famiglia Amoris Laetitia”, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 18.03.2021; Amid same-sex union blessing controversy, Vatican cardinal says no one excluded from Church’s love by Inéz san Martín, Crux, Rome, Mar 18, 2021; Al via l’Anno Amoris Laetitia, il cardinale Farrell: “Nessuno sia escluso dalla cura della Chiesa” by Salvatore Cernuzio, Vatican Insider, Città del Vaticano, 18 Marzo 2021 18:03; Vatican cardinals defend gay union blessing ban amid dissent by Nicole Winfield, AP News, March 18, 2021; Cardinal Farrell on CDF's Ruling on Same Sex Unions: Blessings Are For Marriage, But Church’s Pastoral Life is For All by Hannah Brockhaus, National Catholic Register, Vatican City, March 18, 2021; Azione cattolica: card. Farrell (Santa Sede), “non smettete mai di credere nelle potenzialità dei giovani”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 25 aprile 2021 @ 16:25; Pastoral Guidelines for the Celebration of World Youth Day in the Particular Churches, Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, From the Vatican, 22 April 2021, Anniversary of the handing over of the WYD Cross to young people, Kevin Cardinal Farrell, Prefect; Father Alexandre Awi Mello, I.Sch., Secretary, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 18.05.2021; Decreto del Dicastero per i Laici, la Famiglia e la Vita Le associazioni di fedeli che disciplina l’esercizio del governo nelle associazioni internazionali di fedeli, private e pubbliche, e negli altri enti con personalità giuridica soggetti alla vigilanza diretta del medesimo Dicastero, Kevin Cardinal Farrell, Prefect; Father Alexandre Awi Mello, I.Sch., Secretary, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 11.06.2021; Vaticano, Decreto sul governo dei movimenti/ Lettera di Carrón al cardinal Farrell, Il Sussidiario, 12.06.2021; La missione: risvegliare la forza dei laici. Dentro il Vaticano - Dicastero per i Laici, la Famiglia e la Vita. A colloquio con il cardinale prefetto Kevin Joseph Farrell by Alessandro De Carolis, L'Osservatore Romano, 14 giugno 2021; Intervento dell’Em.mo Card. Kevin Farrell, Conferenza Stampa di presentazione della prima Giornata Mondiale dei Nonni e degli Anziani e del Messaggio preparato dal Santo Padre per l'occasione, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 22.06.2021; Il Camerlengo sostituirà Papa Francesco? Ecco quando è possibile, Vatican Insider, 05 Luglio 2021 14:07; Farrell: dal Papa la sfida del servizio per i movimenti, Vatican News, 23 settembre 2021, 14:01; Intervento dell’Em.mo Card. Kevin Farrell, Conferenza Stampa di presentazione del X Incontro Mondiale delle Famiglie, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 30.09.2021; World Meeting of Families: A precious opportunity by Francesca Merlo, Vatican News, 30 September 2021, 12:40; Cardinal Farrell to Exaudi: God Loves & Cares for All Families, Without Distinction by Deborah Castellano Lubov, Exaudi, October 1, 2021 9:32; Cardeal Farrell: após o decreto sobre Movimentos, maior criatividade e comunhão by Fausta Speranza, Vatican News, 04 março 2022, 12:08, with audio; Cardenal Farrell: «Los movimientos laicales deben sentirse parte integrante de la Iglesia» by Giovanni Tridente, Omnes, 28 de abril de 2022; Intervento dell’Em.mo Card. Kevin Farrell, Conferenza Stampa di presentazione del Messaggio del Santo Padre Francesco per la II Giornata Mondiale dei Nonni e degli Anziani (24 luglio 2022), Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 10.05.2022; Cardinal: Pope’s wheelchair use an example to older adults,/a> by Nicole Winfield, AP News, May 10, 2022; El cardenal Kevin Farrell defiende la actividad del Papa, incluso en "silla de ruedas", como ejemplo para los ancianos, Europa Press, Roma, 10/05/2022 15:03; Physical limitations won't stop the Pope says Vatican cardinal by Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International, Vatican City, May 11, 2022; Istituzione del Comitato per gli Investimenti e nomina dei Componenti, Rinunce e nomine, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 07.06.2022; Cardinal Farrell to lead Vatican investment oversight committee by Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, Vatican City, Jun 7, 2022 / 05:49 am; Il rapporto IOR e il bilancio degli investimenti: cosa cambia e cosa no by Andrea Gagliarducci, ACI Stampa, Città del Vaticano, 08 giugno, 2022 / 12:30 AM; La lettera. Farrell a Cl: «Il carisma non si trasmette per successione personale» by Andrea Galli, Avvenire, lunedì 13 giugno 2022; Il Cardinale Farrel contro Julián Carrón: metodi di governo dannosi, Silere non possum, 14 giugno 2022; Kevin Farrell: “Para ser Papa y para gobernar se necesita la cabeza, no las piernas” by Elisabetta Piqué, La Nación, Roma, 20 de junio de 2022 12:44; Cardinal Farrell appoints Communion and Liberation president, alleges ‘broad dissent’ within movement, The Pillar, Jun 20, 2022; Cardinal Farrell on WMOF: 'Pope Francis wishes to embrace all families' by Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News, 21 June 2022, 08:00, with audios and video; X Incontro Mondiale delle Famiglie. Festival delle Famiglie. Indirizzo di saluto al Santo Padre del Card. Kevin Farrell, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, Il Sismografo, mercoledì 22 giugno 2022; Cardinal Farrell: St. John the Baptist is a ‘Witness to the Sacredness of Life’ by Hannah Brockhaus, National Catholic Register, Vatican City, June 23, 2022; X Incontro Mondiale delle Famiglie. Ringraziamento al Santo Padre del Card. Kevin Farrell al termine della Messa conclusiva, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, Il Sismografo, sabato 25 giugno 2022; El cardenal Kevin Farrell anuncia que el XI Encuentro Mundial de las familias tendrá lugar en el año 2028, Ecclesia, COPE, 25 jun. 2022 14:26; JMJ Lisboa 2023: Responsável do Vaticano fala num dos encontros «mais importantes» das últimas décadas, Agência Ecclesia, Fátima, Out 17, 2022 - 10:11; Protagonisti creativi. Il cardinale Farrell apre l’incontro internazionale preparatorio della Gmg 2023, L'Osservatore Romano, 18 ottobre 2022; Tre cardinali e il presidente del Comitato Olimpico firmano un appello per la pace, ACI Stampa, Città del Vaticano, 25 ottobre, 2022 / 1:00 AM; Cardeal Farrel: as novas comunidades são colaboradoras do bispo no anúncio do Evangelho by Eduardo Silva, Vatican News, Arquidiocese do Rio de Janeiro, 25 janeiro 2023, 13:20; Cardinal Farrell, friend of McCarrick, has a strange views of the priesthood, Silere non possum, February 17, 2023; Vatican preparing text for divorced and remarried couples, Cardinal Farrell says by Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency, St. Louis, Mo., Apr 25, 2023 / 15:50 pm; El Vaticano prepara texto para divorciados en nueva unión, dice Cardenal by Jonah McKeown, ACI Prensa, 26 de abril de 2023 / 6:19 p. m.

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(50) 11. AGUIAR RETES, Carlos
(1950-

Birth. January 9, 1950, Tepic, Nayarit, México. Second of the six children of Carlos Aguiar Manjarrez and María Teresa Retes Pérez-Sandi.

Education. Studied at the Seminary of Tepic; later, at Montezuma Seminary, near Las Vegas, United States of America; and at the Seminary of Tula. Successively, he obtained the license in Sacred Scriptures at the Pontificial Biblical Institute of Rome; and the doctorate in biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Received the diaconate on December 24, 1971. Besides his native Spanish, he knows Italian, English, French and German.

Priesthood. Ordained, April 22, 1972, in the cathedral of Tepic. Celebrated his first Mass in Tepic. Parochial vicar; rector of the Seminary of Tepic and the same time president of the Organization of Mexican Seminaries (OSMEX); member of the executive council of the Latin American Seminaries. Rector of the John XXIII Residence for priests at the Pontifical University of México and professor of Sacred Scriptures at that university.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Texcoco, May 28, 1997. Consecrated, June 29, 1997, at Feria del Caballo, Texcoco, by Cardinal Adolfo Suárez Rivera, archbishop of Monterrey, assisted by Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes, bishop emeritus of Texcoco, and by Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota, bishop of Tepic. His episcopal motto is Que todos sean uno. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Tlalnepantla on February 5, 2009. Secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of México from 2004 to 2006; its president from 2006 to 2012. Secretary General of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (CELAM) from 2000 to 2003; its first vice-president from 2003 to 2007; and finally, its president from 2011 to 2015. Participated, by papal appointment, in the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 5 to 19, 2014, on the topic "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization". Participated, by papal appointment, in the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 4 to 25, 2015, on the topic "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world".

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli in that same consistory. On January 14, 2017, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On January 28, 2017, the pope confirmed him as member of the Pontifical Council for the Interreligious Dialog. Took possession of his title on June 11, 2017. On December 7, 2017, the pope named him archbishop of México. He assumed the pastoral government of the archdiocese of México on February 5, 2018. On March 8, 2018, the pope named him member of the pre-synodal Council which collaborated with the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in the preparation of that Assembly. Named member of the Congregation for Catholic Education on September 29, 2021. On February 18, 2023, the pope named him member of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;photograph and biography, in Spanish, Arquidiócesis de Tlalnepantla;arms and biography, in Spanish, Wikipedia;photograph, arms and biography, in English, Wikipedia;Este es el gran desafío de México según su nuevo Cardenal, ACI, 19 Nov. 16 / 05:12 pm;Carlos Aguiar Retes, el sexto cardenal mexicano, Excelsior, EFE, 19/11/2016 10:32;El Papa Francisco nombró al Cardenal Carlos Aguiar nuevo Arzobispo de México, ACI, Vaticano, 07 Dic. 17 / 06:00 am;El cardenal Carlos Aguiar, nuevo arzobispo de Ciudad de México, Ecclesia Digital, 7 diciembre, 2017; Pope names longtime ally to lead Mexico City Archdiocese by David Agren, The Pilot, CNS, Mexico City, 12/7/2017;Nuevo Arzobispo electo de México invita a laicos a una mayor participación misionera, ACI, Ciudad de México, 11 Dic. 17 / 03:54 pm;El cardenal Aguiar Retes propone un diálogo propositivo y participativo, Ecclesia Digital, 12 de dicembre de 2017;Tra incontro e responsabilità. Intervento del cardinale Aguiar Retes, L'Osservatore Romano, 16 dicembre 2017;Las cifras de la Arquidiócesis de México que asumirá el Cardenal Carlos Aguiar, ACI, 4 de febrero de 2018 2:20 pm;Cardenal Aguiar Retes asume como nuevo Arzobispo de México, ACI, 5 de febrero de 2018 1:13 pm;Mexico City welcomes new Archbishop by James Blears, Vatican News, 07 February 2018, 11:19, with audio;Encuentro del nuevo primado de México (cardenal Aguiar Retes) con los periodistas, Ecclesia Digital, 20 de febrero de 2018;México: el cardenal Carlos Aguiar inicia el recorrido de su arquidiócesis: “Servir a los demás, para encontrar sentido a la vida”, Ecclesia Digital, 20 de febrero de 2018;Arzobispo de México: La Iglesia está para servir by David Ramos, ACI Prensa, 20 de febrero de 2018 11:43 am; Papa Francisco y Cardenal Aguiar Retes abordan retos de la Iglesia en México, ACI Prensa, 5 de marzo de 2018 5:05 pm; La familia está en el corazón del pueblo mexicano, afirma el cardenal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Ecclesia Digital, 12 de marzo de 2018; Card. Aguiar Retes: Religiosos, diocesanos, laicos: nos necesitamos unos a otros by Griselda Mutual, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 12 marzo 2018, 20:00; El proyecto que más ama Dios es el matrimonio, afirma Cardenal Aguiar Retes, ACI Prensa, 12 de marzo de 2018 6:42 pm; Entrevista al cardenal Carlos Aguiar Retes, arzobispo primado de México, en Roma con ocasión de la Plenaria de la CAL, Ecclesia Digital, 13 de marzo de 2018; Arzobispo de México expone principales pautas de su gobierno pastoral by Walter Sánchez Silva, ACI Prensa, 4 de abril de 2018 5:04 pm; La buona amministrazione è un dovere. Aguiar Retes alla plenaria dell’episcopato messicano, L'Osservatore Romano, 11 aprile 2018; La reflexión de un Cardenal tras asesinato de 3 jóvenes disueltos en ácido en México, ACI Prensa, 27 de abril de 2018 3:45 pm; Cardenal Aguiar: “Una democracia se fortalece cuando sus ciudadanos votan”, ACI Prensa, 9 de junio de 2018 3:24 pm; Arzobispo de México: Los católicos no podemos abstenernos de votar en elecciones, ACI Prensa, 18 de junio de 2018 8:16 pm; Mexiko: Kardinal bedankt sich bei der „Mannschaft“, Vatican News, 18 Juni 2018, 12:25; Arquidiócesis de México denuncia uso electoral de homilía del Cardenal Aguiar, ACI Prensa, 25 de junio de 2018 11:21 am; Elecciones en México: Cardenal Aguiar alienta el voto en defensa de la vida y la familia, ACI Prensa, 30 de junio de 2018 3:55 pm; Cardenal Aguiar: Solo unidos podremos hacer un México fuerte, ACI Prensa, 3 de julio de 2018 2:03 pm; Arzobispo Primado de México al Papa Francisco: Mi fidelidad ante acusaciones injustas, ACI Prensa, 2 de septiembre de 2018 3:15 pm; #Synod2018, Card. Aguiar Retes: “Mundo digital, desafío y oportunidad para la Iglesia” by Renato Martínez, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 08 octubre 2018, 10:51, with video; #Synod2018, Los jóvenes son un testimonio emotivo by Patricia Ynestroza, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 10 octubre 2018, 15:33, with audios; Sínodo: Card. Aguiar Retes habla a los jóvenes del mundo, Vatican News, Ciudad del Vaticano, 17 octubre 2018, 16:00, with video; Arzobispo Primado de México visita a Cardenal Norberto Rivera tras balacera by David Ramos, ACI Prensa, 1 de noviembre de 2018 1:10 pm; Arzobispo de México reconoce trabajo de experto en la Virgen de Guadalupe by David Ramos, ACI Prensa, 27 de noviembre de 2018 1:47 pm;Arzobispo de México da la bienvenida a peregrinos que visitan a la Virgen de Guadalupe, ACI Prensa, 6 de diciembre de 2018 10:08 pm; Denuncian cuenta falsa de cardenal mexicano en Twitter, ACI Prensa, 25 de febrero de 2019 2:53 pm; México: El Cardenal Aguiar habla de “comunión, colegialidad y sinodalidad” by Ana Paula Morales, Zenit, marzo 27, 2019 21:47; Cardenal lamenta muerte de niña migrante guatemalteca en Ciudad de México, ACI Prensa, 19 de mayo de 2019 8:42 am; El Arzobispo de México invita a la Iglesia a unirse a la Megamisión, Zenit, agosto 19, 2019 18:05; #SinodoAmazonico: Cardenal Aguiar Retes en el Facebook Live de Vatican News, Vatican Mews, 25 octubre 2019, 23:46, video; Cardinal says no one in Mexican Church can claim ignorance about abuse by Inés San Martín, Crux, Rome, Oct 28, 2019; Abreviar misas, ordena el Cardenal Aguiar a sacerdotes de la Arquidiócesis de México by Eugenia Jiménez Cáliz, Contextos de la Palabra, 29 febrero, 2020; Non più padroni della Terra by Silvina Pérez, L'Osservatore Romano, 29 maggio 2020; Cardenal Carlos Aguiar Retes, “el pastor que desapareció…” by Guillermo Gazanini Espinoza, Sursum Corda, Religión Digital, 11.08.2020; Cuatro millones de católicos, pero el cardenal de Francisco es invisible, Agencia Católica de Noticias, Religión Digital, 22.08.2020; Cardenal mexicano pide priorizar transmisión virtual de la Misa por pandemia, ACI Prensa, 14 de noviembre de 2020 - 12:01 PM; Mexican cardinal feared ‘failing’ grade from Virgin if Guadalupe celebrations not cancelled by Inés San Martín, Crux, Rome, Nov 25, 2020; Cardenal Aguiar: “Celebremos a la Virgen de Guadalupe desde casa y pidámosle el milagro de las vacunas” by Miroslava López, Vida Nueva Digital, 25/11/2020; Cardenales Cupich y Aguiar piden celebrar a la Guadalupana en casa, Desde la fe, 5 diciembre, 2020; Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Homilía del arzobispo primado de México by Nayeli Torres, diciembre 12, 2020 09:16; “Rosario por el mundo”: Más de 1 millón de personas rezan con Card. Aguiar y Eduardo Verástegui, Zenit, diciembre 16, 2020 08:59; Mexico City archbishop to Supreme Court: An attack on life is an attack on God by David Ramos, Catholic News Agency, Mexico City, Mexico, Sep 10, 2021 / 15:00 pm; Mexican cardinals and bishops convicted for denouncing pro-abortion, socialist government, The Catholic World Report, December 7, 2021; These Mexican Cardinals Are in Trouble for Telling Catholics to Pray — Let’s Support Them by Jennifer Roback Morse and Father Mark Hodges, National Catholic Register, December 22, 2021; Enérgica crítica de Obispos de México a "violatoria" sentencia contra cardenales by David Ramos, ACI Prensa, 21 de enero de 2022 1:35 pm, with video; Iglesia mexicana critica fallo del Tribunal Electoral contra Carlos Aguiar y Juna Sandoval Íñiguez, El Debate, EFE, Ciudad de México, México, 23/10/22 01:07; Mexican cardinals found guilty of trying to influence federal elections by Inés San Martín, Crux, Rosario, Argentina, Jan 25, 2022, with audio; re priorità per il Messico. Camminare insieme Il cardinale primate Aguiar Retes sul discernimento sinodale nelle parrocchie by Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, L'Osservatore Romano, 11 giugno 2022; El cardenal Aguiar propone que el Estado mexicano pague sobresueldos a matrimonios con hijos by Jorge Reyes, Religión Digital, 01.10.2022; La iglesia lamenta que familias no hereden fe by Isabel González, Excelsior, 07-04-2023.

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(51) 12. RIBAT, M.S.C., John
(1957-

Birth. February 9, 1957, Volavolo, archdiocese of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

Education. After having attended the elementary schools of Naveo and Volavolo, he went to the Malabunga Government High School in Rabaul. Completed the superior schooling at the Minor Seminary of St. Peter Chanel in Ulapia, and joined the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.), where he emitted the first profession on February 2, 1979. He studied philosophy and theology at Holy Spirit Seminary in Bomana.

Priesthood. Ordained December 1, 1985. From 1985 until 1991 he realized pastoral work in several parishes of the diocese of Bereina; then, he took a course of formation at Center SAIDI of Manila; and from 1992 to 1996 he was master of novices; in 1997, he was parish pastor; and from 1998 to 2000, master of novices in Suva, in the island of Fiji.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Macriana Minore and appointed auxiliary of Bereina, Papua New Guinea, October 30, 2000. Consecrated, February 11, 2001, at the cathedral of Bereina, by Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M,, bishop of Bereina, assisted by Brian James Barnes, O.F.M., archbishop of Port Moresby, and by Benedict To Varpin, archbishop of Madang. His episcopal motto is Peace through Jesus' Heart. Transferred to the see of Bereina, February 12, 2002. Named archbishop coadjutor of Port Moresby on April 16, 2007. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Port Moresby on March 26, 2008. He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and Salomon Island from 2011 to 2014. Since 2014 he is president of the Federation of the Conferences of the Catholic Bishops of Oceania (FCBCO). He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (civil division) and bestowed Knight of the British Empire on June 15, 2016.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi in that same consistory. He is the first cardinal from Papua New Guinea. Took possession of his title on Sunday February 5, 2017. On December 23, 2017, the Pope named him member of the Dicastery for the Service of the Integral Human Development. On July 14, 2018, he was named one of the Presidents Delegates of the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops programmed for October 3 to 28, 2018.

Webgraphy.Photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala stampa della Santa Sede;photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office;photograph, arms and biography, in Italian, Wikipedia;his arms, Araldica Vaticana;Papua New Guinea's first cardinal to represent Catholics in 'small places' by Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service, Catholic Register, Oxford, England, October 28, 2016;Ribat, primo cardinale della Papua Nuova Guinea: ora siamo più vicini, Radio Vaticana, 2016-11-18; Manifestanti assaltano il Parlamento: appello della Chiesa locale alla calma e alla pace, Agenzia Fides, Port Moresby, mercoledì, 21 novembre 2018; Cardinal Ribat of PNG: What is happening in the Amazon is also our story by Mbikoyezu John, Vatican News, 30 October 2019, 07:20.

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(52) 13. TOBIN, C.Ss.R., Joseph William
(1952-

Birth. May 3, 1952, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. Eldest of the thirteen children, five boys and eight girls, of Joseph W. Tobin († January 28, 1977) and Marie Terese Kerwin. He was baptized on May 8, 1952 at Holy Redeemer Parish, Detroit.

Education. Joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.Ss.R.) and emitted the temporary profession on August 5, 1972; and the solemn profession on August 21, 1976. In 1975 he obtained a bachelor in philosophy from the Holy Redeemer College, Waterford, Wisconsin; in 1977 he obtained a master's degree in Religious Education; and in 1979 a master's degree in Divinity (Pastoral Theology), from Mount Saint Alphonsus Major Seminary, Esopus, New York. He was ordained a deacon on April 30, 1978. Besides his native English, he speaks Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese and reads several other languages.

Priesthood. Ordained, June 1, 1978, chapel of Holy Redeemer College, Waterford, Wisconsin, by William Edward Cousins, archbishop emeritus of Milwaukee. Parochial vicar at the Holy Redeemer Parish, Detroit, from 1979 to 1984; and pastor from 1984 to 1990; episcopal vicar of the archdiocese of Detroit from 1980 to 1986; pastor of Saint Alphonsus parish in Chicago from 1990 to 1991. In 1991 he was elected consultor general of his Order; and on September 9, 1997, he was elected superior general; confirmed in that charge on September 26, 2003. In that same year, he was elected vice-president of the Union of Superior Generals. He was member of the Council for relations between the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life and the International Union of Superiors and Superiors general from 2001 to 2009.

Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Obba and appointed secretary of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, August 2, 2010. Consecrated, October 9, 2010, at the patriarchal Vatican Basilica, by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State, assisted by Cardinal Franc Rodé, C.M., prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, and by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of Rome. His episcopal motto is Gaudete in Domino. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, October 18, 2012. Took possession of the see the following December 3. It is said that his transfer to Indianapolis was due to the fact that he disagreed with what proved to be a disastrously unpopular Vatican investigation of the American nuns over doctrinal orthodoxy. He received the pallium from Pope Francis on June 29, 2013 at the papal Vatican basilica. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, November 7, 2016, after the pope had announced that he would be created a cardinal. On November 7, 2016, he was appointed Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles. In the Episcopal Conference of the United States of America he has been chairman of the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations and of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis; and also, president of the Subcommittee on the Catechism.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale in that same consistory. Took possession of the metropolitan see of Newark on January 6, 2017. On January 28, 2017, the pope confirmed him as member of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life. Took possession of his title on Sunday January 29, 2017. He received the pallium from Pope Francis in the Papal Vatican Basilica on June 29, 2017; it was imposed on him by Archbishop Christoph Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, on September 14, 2017, in the cathedral basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. On June 6, 2019, the pope named him member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. On November 11, 2019, the pope named him member of the Pontifical Council for Culture. On July 4, 2020, he was named member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. On August 6, 2019, the Pope named him member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. On August 6, 2020, the pope named him member of the Council for the Economy. On March 4, 2021, the pope named him member of the Congregation for Bishops. On June 21, 2021, the pope named him member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature. On February 18, 2023, the pope named him member of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

Webgraphy. Photograph and biography, in English, Archdiocese of Indianapolis; photograph and biography, in Italian, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede; photograph and biography, in English, Holy See Press Office; his arms, Araldica Vaticana; Tobin speaks of a church that is sacrament of mercy to the world by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Oct 12, 2016; Cardinal-designate Tobin emphasizes need to combat fear, help refugees by Molly Gettinger, The Boston Pilot, CNS, Notre Dame, Indiana, 10/17/2016;Papa Francisco traslada de arquidiócesis a futuro cardenal en Estados Unidos by Walter Sánchez Silva, aciprens.com, Vaticano, 07 Nov. 16 / 07:30 am;Francis appoints Indianapolis' Tobin as archbishop of Newark, first cardinal in archdiocese's history by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Vatican City, Nov 7, 2016; Cardinal-designate Tobin, Newark's new leader, has always had a missionary heart by Patricia Lefevere, National Catholic Reporter, Nov 8, 2016;Lo que piden los 3 nuevos cardenales de Estados Unidos by Miguel Pérez Pichel, ACI, Vaticano, 19 Nov. 16 / 04:06 pm; by Beth Griffin, The Pilot, CNS, Newark, N.J., 1/6/2017;Cardinal Tobin Steps Into New Role in Newark by Michael O'Loughlin, America, The National Catholic Review, Jan 6 2017 - 6:00 pm;Newark’s Archbishop assails Trump immigration orders, Crux, Associated Press, January 29, 2017; Políticas de inmigración de Trump son inhumanas, asegura Cardenal estadounidense by Walter Sánchez Silva, Washington, D.C., 30 Ene. 17 / 02:48 pm;Historic welcome for LGBT Catholics. Tobin welcomes LGBT group to cathedral by Rev. Alexander Santora/For the Jersey Journal, posted on May 12, 2017 at 8:17 AM; Cardinal Tobin calls for immigration reform by Peter Feuerherd, Catholic National Reporter, Brooklyn, N.Y., May. 18, 2017;Cardinal Tobin urges solidarity with people facing deportation as immigration arrests spike by Wyatt Massey, America, the Jesuit Review, May 17, 2017;As Church Shifts, a Cardinal Welcomes Gays; They Embrace a ‘Miracle’ by Sharon Otterman, Newark, The New York Times, June 13, 2017;El cardenal que representa los nuevos tiempos de Francisco by Sandro Pozzi, El País, Nueva York, 24 jun 2017 - 17:12 EDT; Holy Mass with the imposition of the Pallium, Vatican New Deutch, YouTube, 29.06.2017; Cardinals on Opposite Sides of the Hudson Reflect Two Paths of Catholicism by Sharon Otterman, The New York Times, July 16, 2017;Real story on Dolan and Tobin in NY? Try ‘America Past Acrimony’ by John L. Allen Jr., Crux, July 18, 2017; Remarks by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, from the Mass of the Imposition of the Pallium, Archdiocese of Newark, September 14, 2017; In receiving pallium, cardinal says he will ‘spend my life for the flock’ by Al Frank, Catholic Philly, Newark, N.J., September 19, 2017; Cardinal Tobin, Am I a Christian? by Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, Dec. 22, 2017;US-Kardinal: Warum nicht Frauen als Kardinäle?, vaticannews.com, 24 Dezember 2017, 12:49;Cardinal Tobin: Christians must recognize humanity of immigrants, refugees by Rhina Guidos, The Boston Pilot, Washington, CNS, 2/6/2018; AMECEA Plenary: Cardinal Tobin calls for greater synodality, vaticannews.va, 19 July 2018, 12:44, with audio; Cardinal Tobin: McCarrick's resignation necessary for accountability, The Boston Pilot, CNA/EWTN News, Newark, N.J., 7/30/3018; USCCB: Cardinal Tobin Appointed to Youth Synod, National Catholic Register, Catholic News Agency, Aug. 25, 2018; Cardinal Tobin addresses immigration, abuse scandal at Notre Dame lecture by Don Clemmer, The Boston Pilot, South Bend, Ind., CNS, 9/5/2018; Usa. Card. Tobin a Trump: migranti non sono criminali, vaticannews.va, 11 gennaio 2019, 14:29; Inmigrantes no son estadísticas criminales sino personas de carne y hueso, dice Cardenal, ACI Prensa, 13 de enero de 2019 1:16 pm; The power of listening to the Peripheries: A traumatized Church can truly embrace the Pope Francis vision and offer a witness that is more accountable to the Gospel by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archdiocese of Newark, February 20, 2019; Cardinal Tobin blesses immigration protest Catholic News Agency, Newark, N.J., Sep 4, 2019 / 06:00 pm; Year after accused priest goes on leave, NJ parish remains pastorless by Sarah Salvadore, National Catholic Reporter, Westwood, N.J., Oct 10, 2019; Cardinal Tobin says he wants transparency, but is silent about result of some sex abuse cases by Abbott Koloff, northjersey.com, 5:20 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2020; Querida Amazonia: card. Tobin (Newark), “Papa Francesco ci chiede di essere discepoli missionari”, Servizio Informazione Religiosa, 17 febbraio 2020 @ 11:00; Cardinal Tobin asks Trump for clemency in death row case, Catholic News Agency, Jul 9, 2020 / 03:00 pm MT; Cardinal Tobin says Biden remarks not 'endorsement' of candidate, Catholic News Agency, Sep 16, 2020 / 01:45 pm MT; Usa, il cardinale Tobin: “Ora lavorare per il bene comune e liberare la politica dal nazionalismo” by Domenico Agasso, Vatican Insider, Newark, New Jersey, 23 Gennaio 2021 10:01; Cardinal Tobin joins Cupich on Vatican's influential Congregation for Bishops by Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, Mar 4, 2021; Why Pope Francis chose Cardinal Tobin for Vatican appointment by Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter, Mar 4, 2021; Cardinal Tobin: Synodality is Pope Francis' vehicle for changing the church by Christopher White, National Catholic Reporter, May 5, 2021; US cardinal: Pope Francis is using synodality to change the Church by Christopher Wite, La Croix International, United States, May 6, 2021; Cardinals Cupich and Tobin Met With CDF Prefect in Late April by Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, Vatican City, May 12, 2021; Newark prelate highlights technology as challenge to social justice by John Lavenburg, Crux, New York, May 17, 2021; The Long Game. Cardinal Tobin explains Pope Francis's vision of synodality, La Croix International, Saturday, May 29, 2021; N.J. cardinal asks Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment, The Boston Pilot, Newark, N.J., 7/7/2021; Cardinal Tobin: Refusing to to deal with life's compleity is a form of heresy by Michael J. O’Loughlin, America, The Jesuit Review, January 12, 2022; Tobin says ‘doctrinal change’ not the point of Synod on Synodality by John Lavenburg, Crux, New York, Feb 4, 2023, with audio.

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(53) 14. FERNANDEZ, Anthony Soter
(1932-2020)

Birth. April 22, 1932, Sungai Patani, Penang, Malaysia. From a family of Indian origin.

Education. He completed his primary studies first in the Holy Infant Jesus Convent in Taiping and later in the Saint Theresa e Ibrahim School in Sungai Petani. Before entering the seminary in 1958, he work for ten years as hospital assistant. His priestly initial formation was completed in the Saint Francis Xavier Diocesan Seminary in Singapore; and then, completed it in the Major General College Seminary of Penang.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 10, 1966 in the Assumption Cathedral in Penang, for the diocese of Penang. He was assistant vicar in Taiping and in Penang for three years; then, he was vicar in the Church of Saint Louis in Taiping from 1969 to 1971. From July 1971, he started a period of in-depth training, moving first to Manila, in the Philippines, to follow the courses of the International Training Institute for World Churchmen and the East Asian Pastoral Institute, then to Bangalore, India, where he attended the National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Center. In 1973, he returned to Penang. There, in the General Mayor Seminary College, he served as a teacher, from 1973 to 1975, and then took over the post of rector, occupying it until 1977. He was among the protagonists of the historical "update" of 1976, when all the bishops and priests of Malaysia met for the first time to elaborate the pastoral plan in the light of the Second Vatican Council. Since then, the Peninsular Malaysia Pastoral Convention has been called every ten years.

Episcopate. Elected third bishop of Penang, September 29, 1977. Consecrated, February 17, 1978, at General College, Penang, by Gregory Young Sooi Nghean, archbishop of Singapore, assisted by James Chan Soon Cheong, bishop of Melaka-Johor, and by Anthony Lee Kok Hin, bishop of Miri. His episcopal motto was Iustitia et Pax(Keadilan dan keamanan in Malay). Promoted to the metropolitan see of Kuala Lumpur on July 2, 1993. Took possession of the archdiocese on the following November 10. Resigned from the pastoral government of the archdiocese on April 15, 2003. Since then, he resides in the Major Seminary of Penand, where he devotes himself to the formation of the priests as spiritual director. He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei for two terms, 1987 to 1990 and 2000 to 2003.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of Sant’Alberto Magno in that same consistory. He had reached age eighty before becoming a cardinal, so was not eligible to participate in a conclave. He is the first cardinal from Malaysia. Took possession of his title on November 21, 2016.

Death. October 28, 2020, shortly after noon local time, in the Little Sisters of the Poor home in Kuala Lumpur; he had been suffering from tongue cancer and his health began to deteriorate in the past two months. After learning the news of the death of the Cardinal, Pope Francis sent Julian Leow Beng Kim, Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur a telegram of condolence. The funeral was celebrated on Saturday October 31, at 10:30 am, by Julian Leow Beng Kim, archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, in Saint John's cathedral, where the body was exposed on the afternoon of Thursday 29th and for the whole day of Friday 30th. He was buried in the nave of the cathedral in front of the main altar, next to the first archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Dominic Vendargon (1).

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(1) This is the text of the inscription on his vault, kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, fom Malta:

HIS EMINENCE, ANTHONY SOTER CARDINAL FERNANDEZ, DD JUSTICE & PEACE 1ST CARDINAL OF MALAYSIA 2ND ARCHBISHOP OF KUALA LUMPUR BORN : 22 APRIL 1932 PRIEST : 10 DECEMBER 1966 BISHOP : 17 FEBRUARY 1978 ARCHBISHOP : 10 NOVEMBER 1983 CARDINAL : 19 NOVEMBER 2016 DEPARTED : 28 OCTOBER 2020

WITH MY GOD

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(54) 15. CORTI, Renato
(1936-2020)

Birth. March 1, 1936, Galbiate, province of Como, archdiocese of Milan, Italy, in a family of workers.

Education. After finishing his elementary studies, in October 1947 he entered, at eleven years old, the Diocesan Minor Seminary; later, he studied in the Milanese seminaries completing his priestly formation.

Priesthood. Ordained, June 28, 1959, by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, archbishop of Milan, future pope and blessed. Parochial cooperator at the Oratory of Caronno Pertusella from 1959 to 1967. He then was assigned to the Archiepiscopal College of Gorla as spiritual director. In 1969 he was transferred to Saronno with the same charge; and later was its rector during the theological course of 1977 to November 1980, when he was chosen by Archbishop Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., of Milan as vicar general.

Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Zallata and appointed auxiliary of Milan, April 30, 1981. Consecrated, June 6, 1981, at Basilica of St. Ambrose, Milan, by Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., archbishop of Milan, assisted by Libero Tresoldi, titular bishop of Altino, auxiliary of Milan, and by Bernardo Citterio, titular bishop of Floriana, auxiliary of Milan. His episcopal motto was Cor ad cor loquitur. Besides his archdiocesan duties he was president of the Commission for the Clergy of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI). Transferred to the see of Novara on December 19, 1990; he solemnly entered the diocese on March 3, 1991. For ten years ending in 2005 he was vice-president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. In February 2005 he preached the spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia, which were the last ones in which Pope John Paul II participated. Resigned the pastoral government of the diocese for reason of age on November 24, 2011. In 2015 Pope Francis asked him to write the meditations for the traditional Via Crucis of Good Friday at the Colosseum. He was decorated with the title of Grand Officer of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the title of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in that same consistory. He had reached age 80 before becoming a cardinal, so was not eligible to participate in a conclave. Took possession of his title on Sunday May 14, 2017, at 11:30 a.m.

Death. May 12, 2020, at 9 a.m., Milan, in the collegio dei Santi Ambrogio e Carlo of the Oblate Fathers of Rho, where he resided after having resigned from the pastoral government of the diocese of Novara. After learning the news of the death of the Cardinal, Pope Francis sent Franco Giulio Brambilla, Bishop of Novara, a telegram of condolence. On May 15, 2020, at 11 a.m., Mario Enrico Delpini, archbishop of Milan, presided over the Mass for the late cardinal. The celebration took place at the Shrine of the Oblate Fathers of Rho. At the end, the body was transferred to Novara where the funeral took place on May 19, 2020 in the cathedral of Novara. The late Cardinal was buried in the crypt of the cathedral of Novara.

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(55) 16. KHOARAI, O.M.I., Sebastian Koto
(1929-2021)

Birth. September 11, 1929, Koaling, diocese of Leribe, Lesotho, then British colony of Basutoland. Son of Mafa Khoarai and Elizabeth ‘M’a Khoarai. He was baptized when he was 11 years old on December 12, 1940, in the church of Saint Paul in Butha-Buthe.

Education. Completed his philosophical and theological studies in the Major Seminary of Saint Augustine, in the city of Rome in Lesotho, in the territory of the archdiocese of Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom. Joined the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) and on January 5, 1950 was admitted to the novitiate; on January 6, 1951, emitted the religious profession.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 21, 1956. Two days later, he baptized his father. Initially, he was prefect of discipline in the Minor Seminary of the capital; then, he became rector of the Seminary of Leribe. Named pastor of the Mount Royal Mission, in the diocese of Leribe; he was superior of the Oblate community in the locality of Mazenod; and later, pastor of that locality. Some years later, while the country was preparing for independence, he was elected provincial of his Congregation for Basutoland. In 1971, the archbishop of Maseru named him his vicar general and pastor of the cathedral. In 1975, he became the first national director of the Pontifical Missionary Work in Lesotho and assistant of the Commission for the Apostolate of the Laity.

Episcopate. Elected first bishop of the new see of Mohale’s Hoek, November 10, 1977. Consecrated, April 2, 1978, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Mohale’s Hoek, by Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I., archbishop of Maseru, assisted by Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I., archbishop-bishop of Johannesburg, and by Paul Khoarai, bishop of Leribe. His episcopal motto was In Matrem Semper Habebunt. From 1982 to 1987 he was president of the Episcopal Conference of Lesotho. In May 2006 he resigned from the pastoral government of the diocese for reasons of age and was apostolic administrator of the see until February 11, 2014.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 19, 2016; he was assigned the title of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia; he was not able to participate in the consistory due to poor health. The cardinalitial insignias were sent to him in Lesotho. On January 21, 2017, he received in Lesotho from Peter Bryan Wells, titular archbishop of Marcianopoli, apostolic nuncio to Lesotho, the red biretta; the cardinalitial ring and the title were conferred during the same ceremony by Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., archbishop of Durban, South Africa. He had reached the age of eighty before becoming a cardinal, therefore, he was not eligible to participate in a conclave. He was the first cardinal from Lesotho.

Death. April 17, 2021, around 1 p.m., of throat cancer, in Lebreton House, which is located in Mazenod, Lesotho. Lebreton House is a residence for aged and sick members of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. After learning the news of the death of the Cardinal, Pope Francis sent John Joale Tlhomola, of the Servants of Christ the Priest, bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, a telegram of condolence. The late Cardinal was laid to rest on May 4 in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Mohale’s Hoek (1). The service commenced with Mass at 7 a.m. The Mass was presided by Peter Bryan Wells, titular archbishop of Marcianopoli, apostolic nuncio to Lesotho, four bishops and numerous priests. There were only 200 people participating due to Covid 19 protocols. The representation was made up of bishops, priests, religious; His Majesty the King, Letsie III; the Christian Council of Lesotho, the family of Cardinal Khoarai and the faithful. Radio Maria Lesotho had the memorial service on May 2, 2021 at 3 p.m.

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(1) This is the text of the inscription on his tomb, kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta:

In Loving Memory Of H.E. SEBASTIAN CARDINAL KOTO KHOARAI O.M.I. BORN: 15 - 09 - 1930 DIED: 17 - 04 - 2021 R.I.P.

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(56) 17. SIMONI, Ernest
(1928-

Birth. October 18, 1928, Troshani, a village a few kilometers from Scutari (Shkodrë), Albania. From a profoundly religious family.

Education. He entered the Franciscan School in Troshani when he was 10 years old, starting his formation for the priesthood. In 1948, at the height of the persecution of the Communist regime of Enver Hoxha, the Franciscan convent was sacked and converted into a place of torture for the prisoners. The Friars were shot and the novices were expelled. Ernest was 20 and was sent by the regime to teach in a remote village in the mountains; there, his work as a teacher became above all a missionary work of evangelization. After two years of very hard military service from 1953 to 1955, he completed clandestinely the studies of theology.

Priesthood. Ordained, April 7, 1956, in Scutari. In obedience to the bishop, he was incardinated in the diocese of Scutari although at heart he remained profoundly Franciscan. On December 24, 1963, after celebrating the Christmas Mass, he was arrested in the church of Barbullush and taken to the prison of Scutari and placed in an isolation cell. He was sentenced eighteen years for "agitation and propaganda". He served his term in the prisons of Rubik, Vlorë, Laç, Elbasan, and, for ten years, in the prison of Spaç, where he worked in the mines. In prison he became the spiritual father of the inmates and their reference point. On May 22, 1973 he was again sentenced to death as the alleged instigator of a revolt, but on account of favorable testimony from his jailers the sentence was not carried out. Another difficult moment was when he was put in chains and he almost died. After having been freed in 1981, he was still considered "an enemy of the people" and forced to work in the sewers of Scutari. He exercised his priestly ministry clandestinely until the fall of the regime in 1990. Since then he has continued to serve as a humble priest in several villages, such as Kabash, Pukë, Kukël, Gocaj, Barbullush, Mal i Jushit, Torovicë and Sumë, sparing no effort to reconcile many people avoiding revenge and offering his testimony. This testimony profoundly moved Pope Francis during his visit to Tirana on September 21, 2014, when they met and embraced in the cathedral of that city. On September 20, 2016, during the vist to Assisi, he sat at the table next to the pope.

Episcopate. He declined episcopal consecration because of age.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of November 19, 2016; received the red biretta, the cardinalitial ring and the deaconry of Santa Maria della Scala in that same consistory. He had reached age 80 before becoming a cardinal, therefore, he was not eligible to participate in a conclave. Took possession of his deaconry on February 12, 2017. On July 15, 2017, the Pope named him special papal envoy to the consecration of the church dedicated to Saint Teresa of Calcutta in the city of Pristina, Apostolic Administration of Prizren, Kosovo, programmed for September 5, 2017. He was named honorary canon of the metropolitan cathedral chapter of Florence when he turned ninety years old in October 2018.

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