Cardinal Capovilla - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 29 May 2016 21:02:15 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Cardinal Capovilla - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Oldest member of College of Cardinals dies aged 100 https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/05/31/oldest-member-college-cardinals-dies-aged-100/ Mon, 30 May 2016 17:09:11 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83247 The former secretary to St John XXIII and the oldest member of the College of Cardinals died on May 26 at the age of 100. Italian Cardinal Loris Capovilla, who served St John XXIII before and after he became pope, died in Bergamo, near Milan. Cardinal Capovilla was born in Pontelongo, Italy, in 1915, and Read more

Oldest member of College of Cardinals dies aged 100... Read more]]> The former secretary to St John XXIII and the oldest member of the College of Cardinals died on May 26 at the age of 100.

Italian Cardinal Loris Capovilla, who served St John XXIII before and after he became pope, died in Bergamo, near Milan.

Cardinal Capovilla was born in Pontelongo, Italy, in 1915, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1940.

A journalist before starting to work for the future saint, he was an energetic and eloquent storyteller, drawing on his remarkable and vividly detailed memory.

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