Card Caffara, Archbishop emeritus of Bologna dies, age
79
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Cardinal Carlo Caffarra (file photo), Cardinal Caffarra died on Wednesday, age 79.- ANSA |
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Carlo Caffarra,
Archbishop emeritus of Bologna, Italy, died on Wednesday, 6 September 2017. He
was 79.
With the death of Cardinal Caffarra, there are now 221
members of the College of Cardinals, of whom 120 are under the age
of 80, and thus eligible to vote in a Conclave.
The death of Cardinal Caffarra was announced in the
following communique from
the Archdiocese
of Bologna:
The Archbishop of Bologna, His Excellency Archbishop
Matteo Zuppi announces with a heart full of sadness that
His Eminence, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra
Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna
Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna
today returned his soul to his Lord, whom he faithfully
served all his life without reservations of love, generosity and intelligence,
serving generously wherever He called him.
The Archbishop of Bologna expresses the deep and
affectionate condolences of the entire Diocese, the presbyterate, and his
staff, and invites the faithful to join in prayers of suffrage.
The chapel of rest will be set up in the Sala Bedetti at the
Archbishopric, starting tomorrow, September 7, at 4 pm.
The Vigil of prayer for his soul will be celebrated on
Friday 8 September at 9 pm in the Cathedral.
Archbishop Matteo Zuppi will preside at the funeral
ceremonies on Saturday 9 September at 11 am in the Cathedral. Following the
ceremony, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra will be buried in the Crypt of the Cathedral.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop emeritus of Bologna
(Italy), was born on 1 June 1938 in Samboseto di Busseto, Italy. He was
ordained a priest on 2 July 1961 and holds a doctorate in canon law from the
Pontifical Gregorian University and a diploma of specialization in moral
theology from the Pontifical Alfonsian Academy.
Cardinal Caffarra began his ministry as parochial vicar of
the Cathedral of Fidenza and as professor of moral theology at the seminary of
Parma and Fidenza. He also taught medical ethics at the Catholic University of
the Sacred Heart in Rome, and in August 1974 Pope Paul VI nominated him member
of the International Theological Commission. In September 1978 he participated
as representative of the Holy See at the First World Congress on human
sterility and artificial procreation held in Venice.
In 1980, he was nominated an expert at the Synod of Bishops
on Matrimony and the Family, and in January 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed
him as founder and president of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for
Studies on Marriage and the Family.
He served as consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine
of the Faith for five years beginning in 1983. He also took part in a study on
genetic engineering instituted by the health ministry in Italy. In 1988 he
founded the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and the
Family in Washington D.C., and thereafter in Mexico and Spain. He holds an
honorary doctorate in Christian Literature from the Franciscan University in
Steubenville, Ohio.
On 8 September 1995 he was appointed Archbishop of
Ferrara-Comacchio.
From 16 December 2003 to 27 October 2015 he was Archbishop
of Bologna. Appointed by Pope Francis, he participated in the III Extraordinary
General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2014) on The Pastoral
Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization and in the XIV
Ordinary General Assembly on The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the
Church and Contemporary World (October 2015).
He participated in the conclave of March 2013, which elected
Pope Francis.
He was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Benedict XVI in
the consistory of 24 March 2006, with the Title of San Giovanni Battista dei
Fiorentini (St. John the Baptist of the Florentines).
Cardinal Caffarra served as a Member of Congregation
for the Causes of Saints; and on the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic
Signatura. He was also an Honorary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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