Agostino Casaroli

Cardinal Agostino Casaroli (* November 24, 1914 in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy, † 9 June 1998 in Rome) was Secretary of State Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

On May 27, 1937 Casaroli received the sacrament of Holy Orders. In 1939 he was at the Pontifical Lateran Athenaeum Dr. iur. can. doctorate. From 1940 he worked in the Vatican Secretariat of State, first in the archival service. On January 4, 1945 he was awarded Pope Pius XII. the honorary title Surplus secret chamberlain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ). 1950 moved Casaroli in the diplomatic service of the Secretariat of State, where he was responsible for Latin America. Pius XII. gave him on 22 December 1954 Title House Prelate of His Holiness.

In March 1961, he was named John XXIII. to the Under Secretary of the " Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Affairs of the Church" (from 1968: " Council for the Public Affairs of the Church "), whose secretary he was on 4 July 1967. Also on July 4, 1967, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Cartagine. On July 16, 1967, he donated Pope Paul VI. episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Bishop Augusto Gianfranceschi, and Jacques -Paul Martin, Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Palestine.

John Paul II appointed him on 28 April 1979, Pro- Secretary of State (Secretary of State Cardinal without rank ), and took him on 30 June as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Apostoli XII in the College of Cardinals to. The next day, July 1, he was appointed Cardinal Secretary of State.

On May 25, 1985, he became Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina.

Having reached the age limit Casaroli occurred on 1 December 1990 from all his posts back. He was Kardinalsubdekan 1993. Five years later, Cardinal Casaroli died aged 83 in Rome.

Agostino Casaroli is considered the architect of the Vatican Ostpolitik under John XXIII. and Paul VI. He was a diplomat in a position to negotiate tricky agreement with anticlerical or even atheistic governments, such as in Yugoslavia and Hungary. However, he reaped harsh criticism for these contracts, which were interpreted by the oppressed Catholics of the Eastern Bloc countries as an unnecessary compromise to a church pursuing government - such as the agreement with Hungary ( 1964), which led to the episcopal ordination of long-known secret agent of the Communist Party. Of the five ordinations after 1964 three candidates were already working as agents and another was at the stage of candidature.

Honors

  • 1963: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 1965: Grand Gold Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 1966 Grand Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
  • 1972: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 1979: Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of Christ
  • 1981: Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword
  • 1985: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
  • 1991 Grand Gold Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
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