Rome, 17 June (LaPresse) – Cardinal Camillo Ruini has died. The 95-year-old cardinal passed away in Rome. His health had deteriorated in recent weeks. The Diocese of Rome has announced the news. “Cardinal Vicar Baldassare Reina, the Episcopal Council and the Diocese of Rome, grateful for his long and fruitful Christian life and for his service to the Church, entrust Cardinal Camillo Ruini to the Lord’s mercy,” reads a statement. It continues: “His pastoral leadership, from 1991 to 2008, left a profound mark of his intelligence in interpreting the presence of Christians in the city, whilst also fulfilling his role as President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. Shrewd in discerning the country’s political and social shifts, he considered it fundamental to guide cultural transitions with the Catholic pride of being custodians of a heritage of values not to be hidden, but to be safeguarded and defended, fulfilling his episcopal motto ‘Veritas liberabit nos’.”
Vatican: Cardinal Camillo Ruini has died
Rome, 17 June (LaPresse) – Cardinal Camillo Ruini has died. The 95-year-old cardinal passed away in Rome. His health had deteriorated in recent weeks. The Diocese of Rome has announced the news. “Cardinal Vicar Baldassare Reina, the Episcopal Council and the Diocese of Rome, grateful for his long and fruitful Christian life and for his service to the Church, entrust Cardinal Camillo Ruini to the Lord’s mercy,” reads a statement. It continues: “His pastoral leadership, from 1991 to 2008, left a profound mark of his intelligence in interpreting the presence of Christians in the city, whilst also fulfilling his role as President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. Shrewd in discerning the country’s political and social shifts, he considered it fundamental to guide cultural transitions with the Catholic pride of being custodians of a heritage of values not to be hidden, but to be safeguarded and defended, fulfilling his episcopal motto ‘Veritas liberabit nos’.”
