Passing of Italy’s Card. Ruini Marks End of an Era
The longtime vicar of Rome shaped Italian church life for more than two decades and will be remembered with a funeral Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini, an influential figure who shaped Catholic life in Italy for nearly two decades, died Tuesday in Rome at age 95.
- Ordained in 1954, the prelate served as vicar of Rome from 1991 to 2008, leaving a "profound mark" on the Eternal City while working closely with St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.
- A regular presence on Italian television, the cardinal was an outspoken voice in social debates, guided by his episcopal motto, "Veritas liberabit nos," meaning "the truth will set us free."
- Pope Leo XIV will preside over the funeral Mass on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Basilica, honoring the late churchman as "an esteemed man of the church, who generously lived his ministry."
- In an interview marking his 95th birthday, he reflected on the afterlife, describing it as "a solemn banquet" where the saved experience "immediate union with Him" while retaining their individuality.
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Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Catholic power broker in Italy’s culture wars, dies at 95
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Passing of Italy’s Card. Ruini marks end of an era
Cardinal Camillo Ruini is dead at 95. A giant of the Church in Italy at the end of the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first, Ruini was, perhaps, the last truly great Italian churchman. In a telegram expressing condolences on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV remembered Ruini as an “experienced and wise brother, characterized by deep faith, keen intelligence, and far-sighted vision, who served the Gospel and the Church with discretion and se…
National Catholic Reporter
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National Catholic Register
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Cardinal Camillo Ruini died on the evening of June 16 in Rome. He was vicar from 1991 to 2008 and president of the Italian Bishops' Conference. Ruini...
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