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Benedict XVI remembers Cardinal Spidlik. Cardinal Tomas Spidlik was an important figure in post-conciliar Church and was remembered this morning by the Pope during the cardinal's funeral Mass, who …More
Benedict XVI remembers Cardinal Spidlik.

Cardinal Tomas Spidlik was an important figure in post-conciliar Church and was remembered this morning by the Pope during the cardinal's funeral Mass, who passed away recently at the age of 91. Benedict XVI spoke of the ecumenical, theological, and cultural dedication of the Jesuit cardinal, who was born in Moravia in 1919 and joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. Since 1992, he lived and worked in Rome at the Aletti Center, an institute of the Society of Jesus for the study of the Eastern Christian traditions in relation to the contemporary world. He received several international awards and played a valued service to the Church as a consultant for the Congregation for Eastern Churches. Benedict XVI ...
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the late Cardinals book "The Spirituality of the Christian East" is most excellent and recommended reading!
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