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Robert Sarah

Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1945-) · Guinea · Religious Figures

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A Guinean cardinal who spent seven years steering the Vatican's liturgy office, holding one of the Church's most traditional portfolios under a pope many saw as reformist.

A life in dates

2025“The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is.”In their words24 April 2025Quoted in Daniel Wallace, quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis, Fox News, 24 April 2025

“Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God.”In their words24 April 2025Quoted in Daniel Wallace, quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis, Fox News, 24 April 2025

“All migrants who arrive in Europe are penniless, without work, without dignity. This is what the Church wants?”In their words24 April 2025Quoted in Daniel Wallace, quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis, Fox News, 24 April 2025

2019“We bishops ought to tremble at the thought of our guilty silences, our complicit silences, our over-indulgent silences in dealing with the world.”In their wordsThe Day Is Now Far Spent (2019)

2015Grand Cross of the National Order of BeninAward2014Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the SacramentsOffice2014-20212012Commander of the Legion of HonourAward2001Vice Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana UniversityOffice2001-20101979Apostolic administratorOffice1979-1993Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ConakryOffice1979-20011945Born15 June 1945

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  1. The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is.

    Apr 24, 2025, Quoted in Daniel Wallace, quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis, Fox News, 24 April 2025, Own words

  2. Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God.

    Apr 24, 2025, Quoted in Daniel Wallace, quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis, Fox News, 24 April 2025, Own words

  3. All migrants who arrive in Europe are penniless, without work, without dignity. This is what the Church wants?

    Apr 24, 2025, Quoted in Daniel Wallace, quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis, Fox News, 24 April 2025, Own words

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Awards

Grand Cross of the National Order of Benin2015
Commander of the Legion of Honour2012

About this person

Robert Sarah was born on 15 June 1945 in Guinea. He rose through Vatican ranks under John Paul II, serving as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, then led the Pontifical Council Cor Unum under Benedict XVI. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Four years later he was named prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Vatican office that governs how Mass is celebrated. He held the post from 23 November 2014 until 20 February 2021.

Country
Guinea
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

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