What follows is excerpted from Sandro Magister’s The Inconvenient Memoirs of Cardinal Biffi, which, in turn, excerpted from the recently updated version of the Cardinal’s book. If I might add a word to those of His Eminence, I will limit … Continue reading
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Expanded Edition of Cardinal Biffi’s Autobiography Now in Bookstores
Sandro Magister has a review of the just-released expanded edition of Cardinal Giacomo Biffi’s autobiography in today’s Chiesa expressonline. The first edition, published in 2007, caused quite a stir on account of the illustrious Cardinal’s criticisms of the Novus Ordo … Continue reading
Cardinal Biffi’s Book Addresses Issue of Complicity in Evil
In his new book Sheep and Shepherds, the Cardinal highlights the scriptural texts that condemn homosexual acts. But he also uses St. Paul’s inspired word to remind readers of their obligation to oppose such vices. To be silent is to … Continue reading
New Book by Cardinal Biffi “Sheep and Shepherds”
From the article I just read the book sounds challenging, as the Cardinal is well known to be. The following quote is certainly perceptive. “As paradoxical as this statement may seem, the Arian question is always the order of the … Continue reading
Cardinal Biffi’s Bombshell
He retired as Archbishop of Bologna in 2003. In June of 2008, he will be eighty and therefore ineligible to vote in conclave. All the same, Giacomo Cardinal Biffi is exerting tremendous influence — if only moral influence — in … Continue reading