Alessandro Maggiolini

Alessandro Maggiolini ( born July 15, 1931 in Bareggio, Province of Milan, Italy, † November 11, 2008 in Como) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Como.

Life

Alessandro Maggiolini ordained a priest on 26 June 1955 in Milan by Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI .. He was professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan, later Episcopal Vicar for the university. He was a close confidant of Cardinal Giovanni Colombo.

On April 7, 1983, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Carpi in Carpi, near Modena. He received his episcopal consecration Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio on 29 May of the same year. Co-consecrators were Artemio Prati, Bishop of Carpi, and Gilberto Baroni, Bishop of Guastalla.

1989 appointed him John Paul II appointed Bishop of Como. He was a member of the editorial committee of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

His old conditional resignation took Benedict XVI. on December 2, 2006. Maggiolini died of cancer.

Work

Alessandro Maggiolini was a pugnacious bishop who delivered his opinion against Rome publicly.

He was a staunch opponent of the commercialization of the figure of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo. "Jesus Christ drove the merchants from the temple, but now I have to find that they have returned ," he said in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

Although he held a dialogue between the organizers of the World Gay Pride and the Catholic Church for not possible, he called for, which takes place in Rome during the Holy Year 2000 international gay pride parade to serenity.

With regard to the construction of Islamic mosques in Italy, he said the Milan daily Corriere della Sera on 12 January 2007: "Catholics must here have a hard head and a soft heart; Instead, they often have a heart of stone and a head like chewing gum. "

Maggiolini was a noted theologian. He has published several books and numerous publications, especially in his last years.

Writings

  • Preghiere Della Gente: Devozioni popolari, Mondadori 1998, ISBN 88-04-45377- X
  • Per confessarsi, Shalom 1999, ISBN 88-8404-095-7
  • Via crucis, Shalom 1999, ISBN 88-8661-634-1
  • Il Papa Chiede perdono, Piemme 2000, ISBN 88-3844-859-0
  • Perche La Chiesa Chiede Perdono, Piemme 2000, ISBN 88-384-4469-2
  • La Santa Paura: L' arte di Morire, Mondadori 2000, ISBN 88-04-48263- X
  • Il prete. La vita al servizio della comunità di Dio, Piemme 2000, ISBN 88-3844-821-3
  • L ' unità del presbiterio. Una spiritualità di comunione per il clero, Città Nuova 2001, ISBN 88-3114-239-9
  • Fine della nostra cristianità, Piemme 2001, ISBN 88-3846-906-7
  • Declino e speranza del cattolicesimo, Mondadori 2003, ISBN 88-0451-168-0
  • Ma il figlio dell'uomo, quando verrà, troverà la fede sulla terra? , Bompiani 2004, ISBN 88-4523-329-4
  • Mi Pento con tutto il cuore. La confessione, Mondadori 2004, ISBN 88-0452-659-9
  • Incontro con Gesù. Guida per Adolescenti nel cammino di fede, Mimep - Docete 2005, ISBN 88-8424-088-3
  • La pace della preghiera, Shalom, 2006 ISBN 88-8404-150-3
  • Fogli d' sparsi Augurio. La sorpresa dell'ovvio, SugarCo 2007, ISBN 88-7198-535-4
  • Il cammino educativo. Un percorso di introduzione alla realtà, Ares 2008, ISBN 88-8155-424-0
  • Nulla più difendere there, Edizioni San Paolo 2008, ISBN 88-2156-212-3
  • Maturazione della fede e della vita, Cantagalli 2008, ISBN 88-8272-401-8
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