Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1942)
His Eminence
Gianfranco Ravasi
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Cardinal Ravasi in 2018
Appointed
3 September 2007
Term ended
5 June 2022
Predecessor
Paul Poupard
Successor
Office abolished
Other post(s)
Cardinal priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021)
President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology (since 2007)
Orders
Ordination
28 June 1966 by Giovanni Umberto Colombo
Consecration
29 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Created cardinal
20 November 2010 by Benedict XVI
Rank
Cardinal deacon (2010–2021)
Cardinal priest (since 2021)
Personal details
Born
Gianfranco Ravasi
(1942-10-18) 18 October 1942 (age 81)
Merate, Italy
Nationality
Italian
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (2007–2012)
Prefect of the Ambrosian Library (1989–2007)
Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2007–2010)
Alma mater
Archiepiscopal seminary of Milan Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Biblical Institute
Motto
Praedica Verbum ("Preach the Word") — 2 Timothy 4:2
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Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 2022. He headed Milan's Ambrosian Library from 1989 to 2007.
GianfrancoRavasi (born 18 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President...
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including black, red, and purple, along with swelling of pages. Monsignor GianfrancoRavasi—then the head of the Ambrosian Library, now head of the Pontifical...
month later, however, the head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, GianfrancoRavasi, revealed that the plan to erect a statue of Galileo on the grounds...
Franca Manenti (2016). Pisa: lo spazio e il sacro, with Preface by GianfrancoRavasi, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze "Cronica de Mailros", quoted by Watterich...
2016, he was given the Pontifical Key Philanthropy Award by Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi at the Vatican for his cancer work. Parker has made substantial donations...
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as well as his 1987 concert near the Berlin wall. Vatican Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi tweeted some of the words to Bowie's song "Space Oddity" in memoriam...
each of these bodies was headed by a cardinal of retirement age: GianfrancoRavasi as president of the Council for Culture and Giuseppe Versaldi as prefect...
Consultant of the Pontifical Council for Culturewhose regent is Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi and which aims to "foster relations between the Holy See and the world...
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2019: Pontifical Gold Medal from Pope Francis, presented by Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi 2020: Camille Award 2020: Princess of Asturias Award in the category...
to the Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and biblical scholar GianfrancoRavasi, Napolitano always rejected the definition of either atheist or agnostic...
Mexico City and some Catholic Bishops in the United States Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, has repeatedly denounced...
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Tauran and as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture with GianfrancoRavasi. John XXIII. Simple and Humble, A Blessed Man", 'The Holiness of John...
by the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi. In the case of Stefan Stuligrosz and Ennio Morricone, the Medal Medal...
(2005) Nel segno della parola (2005), with Daniele Del Giudice and GianfrancoRavasi Sator Arepo eccetera (2006) Dall'albero al labirinto: Studi storici...
the functioning of legitimate institutions." According to Cardinal GianfrancoRavasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, DBK (1980) and CBCP...
speakers were Brother Guy Consolmagno, Rabbi David Rosen, His Eminence GianfrancoRavasi, Elizabeth Lev, Fernando Romero, Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah...
Gómez on 22 September 2022, Giuseppe Bertello on 1 October 2022, GianfrancoRavasi on 18 October 2022, André Vingt-Trois on 7 November 2022, Óscar Rodríguez...