Angelo Bagnasco

Catholic cardinal · Italy · On the map · Religious Figures · Born 1943 · age 83

Angelo Bagnasco is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.

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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 119 days, one point a day.

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Giuseppe Mani Preceded Angelo as Military Archbishop of Italy

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Cardinal Bagnasco with the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano in 2010.

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The problem of our cultural identity, which for us clearly has religious and Christian roots, is certainly a very important question today. And we are seeing so increasingly.
2007 · «When the Pope calls, one answers...» (2007) 30 Days, Own words
God surpasses our measurement unit and surprises it, not in an abstract way, but in the Child laid in a manger.
Dio supera il nostro metro di misura e lo sorprende, non in astratto però, bensì nel Bimbo deposto in una grotta., Own words
(About Italy) The unity of the country remains an indispensable achievement and anchor.
L'unità del Paese resta una conquista e un ancoraggio irrinunciabili. Ogni auspicabile riforma condivisa a partire da quella federalista,, Own words