James Stafford

Cardinal James Francis Stafford ( born July 26, 1932 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an emeritus Archbishop of Denver and emeritus Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

James Francis Stafford studied in Baltimore, Rome and Washington trays Catholic theology, philosophy, art history and social sciences. After receiving his ordination in 1957, he worked for four years as a parish pastor in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, before he was released in the years 1962 to 1964 for the purpose of further studies. After two more years in the pastoral community, he was in 1966 director of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He belonged to the Priests and received in 1970 the honorary title of Chaplain of His Holiness.

On January 11, 1976 Pope Paul VI appointed him. Titular Bishop of Respecta and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore. He received his episcopal consecration on 29 February of the same year Archbishop William Donald Borders; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Cardinal Lawrence Shehan, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Thomas Austin Murphy. In addition to his episcopal duties, he led from 1976 to 1982 as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Baltimore administration. On November 17, 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of Memphis on June 3, 1986 Archbishop of Denver.

Stafford was known for his efforts to the World Youth Day 1993 in Denver. He gained overnight fame as the archbishop, who had successfully organized the first World Youth Day in the USA. Pope John Paul II appointed him for this achievement as an organizer of World Youth Days, namely the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, for which Stafford resigned the office of the Archbishop in the same year.

1998 James Francis Stafford was taken as a cardinal deacon with the title Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola diakonia in the College of Cardinals. From 2003 until his retirement in resignation on 2 June 2009, he knew the task of Kardinalgroßpönitentiars in the Vatican. On 11 April 2006 Stafford stood virtue of his office as Kardinalgroßpönitentiar the first penitential liturgy in the history of the Vatican's Holy Week in St. Peter's Basilica before and gave the sacrament of reconciliation.

On March 1, 2008 James Francis Cardinal Stafford was elevated to cardinal priests and opted for the titular church of San Pietro in Montorio.

Work

Cardinal James Francis Stafford practiced recent sharp criticism of President-elect Barack Obama. On November 4 - Election Day - America have experienced a "cultural earthquake ." Obama kick " aggressive, divisive and apocalyptic " on the Cardinal in Washington on the occasion of a lecture about the Popes Paul VI. and John Paul II. Campaign Obama had been directed towards the protection of life.

Stafford said the future under Obama would be " the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane same ". Stafford's remarks are the sharpest images ever of a Vatican representative since the presidential elections on November 4. Pope Benedict XVI. Barack Obama congratulates had written on his election. In his presentation, the cardinal said Catholics in the United States would have to the original values ​​of marriage and family and human dignity back.

Stafford was, together with the conservative evangelical televangelist Pat Robertson and others on the signatories of a manifesto published in 1994 on cooperation between Evangelicals and Catholics " Evangelicals & Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium."

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