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On 20 November 2010, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] made him [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[List of titular churches in Rome|San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana]]. He has voting rights in [[papal conclave]]s until his 80th birthday. On 29 December 2010, Sarah was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]], [[Pontifical Council for the Laity]] and [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]]. On Tuesday, 10 March 2015, [[Pope Francis]] appointed Cardinal Sarah to serve as a Member of the [[Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses]].<ref>http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html</ref><ref>[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F03%2F10%2F0176%2F00389.html Disclaimers and appointments, 10.03.2015]</ref> He speaks French, English and Italian fluently. {{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} |
On 20 November 2010, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] made him [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[List of titular churches in Rome|San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana]]. He has voting rights in [[papal conclave]]s until his 80th birthday. On 29 December 2010, Sarah was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]], [[Pontifical Council for the Laity]] and [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]]. On Tuesday, 10 March 2015, [[Pope Francis]] appointed Cardinal Sarah to serve as a Member of the [[Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses]].<ref>http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html</ref><ref>[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F03%2F10%2F0176%2F00389.html Disclaimers and appointments, 10.03.2015]</ref> He speaks French, English and Italian fluently. {{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} |
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==Opposition to LGBT rights== |
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On 28 January 2012, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, gave a speech calling on African nations to repeal laws that place sanctions on homosexual conduct. Speaking to a journalist, Sarah called the speech stupid. The journalist reported: "Asked if Ban Ki-moon was overstepping his responsibilities, Cardinal Sarah replied: 'Sure, you cannot impose something stupid like that.' He added: 'Poor countries like Africa just accept it because it's imposed upon them through money, through being tied to aid.'" “It’s not possible to impose on the poor this kind of European mentality,” and he added that African bishops must react against this move against African culture.<ref>[http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/cardinals-responds-to-u.n.s-criticism-of-africas-social-policies/#ixzz2v69QeON5 ''National cCatholic Register'', 21 February 2013, "Cardinal responds to UN's criticism of Africa's Social Policies"]</ref> |
On 28 January 2012, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, gave a speech calling on African nations to repeal laws that place sanctions on homosexual conduct. Speaking to a journalist, Sarah called the speech stupid. The journalist reported: "Asked if Ban Ki-moon was overstepping his responsibilities, Cardinal Sarah replied: 'Sure, you cannot impose something stupid like that.' He added: 'Poor countries like Africa just accept it because it's imposed upon them through money, through being tied to aid.'" “It’s not possible to impose on the poor this kind of European mentality,” and he added that African bishops must react against this move against African culture.<ref>[http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/cardinals-responds-to-u.n.s-criticism-of-africas-social-policies/#ixzz2v69QeON5 ''National cCatholic Register'', 21 February 2013, "Cardinal responds to UN's criticism of Africa's Social Policies"]</ref> |
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He was a [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2013|cardinal elector]] in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Francis]]. |
He was a [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2013|cardinal elector]] in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Francis]]. |
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In 2015, in a public address at the [[Synod on the Family]] he played a lead role in rejecting attempts to ensure more welcoming language toward people that are gay or divorced.<ref>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/14/catholic-bishops-vatican-summit-seek-elusive-common-ground/</ref> He insisted that "Western homosexual and abortion ideologies and Islamic fanatism" could be seen as "almost like two apocalyptic beasts" with demonic origins, drawing parallels to [[Nazism]] and [[Communism]]; and noted that that terrorist attacks in France and Tunisia had taken place on the same day that the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex was permitted across the country.<ref>http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/cardinal-sarahs-intervention-isis-and-gender-ideology-are-like-apocalyptic-/</ref> Sarah's comments were immediately criticised by [[Krzysztof Charamsa]] as being defamatory and disrespectful.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/world/europe/gay-priest-who-lost-vatican-job-assails-the-church-in-letter-to-pope-francis.html?_r=0</ref> |
In 2015, in a public address made at the [[Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops|Synod on the Family]] he played a lead role in rejecting attempts to ensure more welcoming language toward people that are gay or divorced.<ref>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/14/catholic-bishops-vatican-summit-seek-elusive-common-ground/</ref> He insisted that "Western homosexual and abortion ideologies and Islamic fanatism" could be seen as "almost like two apocalyptic beasts" with demonic origins, drawing parallels to [[Nazism]] and [[Communism]]; and noted that that terrorist attacks in France and Tunisia had taken place on the same day that the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex was permitted across the country.<ref>http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/cardinal-sarahs-intervention-isis-and-gender-ideology-are-like-apocalyptic-/</ref> |
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Sarah's comments were immediately criticised by [[Krzysztof Charamsa]] as being defamatory and disrespectful.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/world/europe/gay-priest-who-lost-vatican-job-assails-the-church-in-letter-to-pope-francis.html?_r=0</ref> One of the Belgian bishops, Johan Bonny, complained that Sarah had tried to silence any discussion of gay rights in the discussion group that he led: ''"There was no way of discussing it in a peaceful way."''<ref>http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/cdl.-sarah-silences-gay-lobby</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:18, 16 November 2015
His Eminence Robert Sarah | |
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| Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
 Robert Sarah, 2009 | |
| Appointed | 23 November 2014 |
| Predecessor | Antonio Cañizares Llovera |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana |
| Previous post(s) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 July 1969 by Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo |
| Consecration | 8 December 1979 by Giovanni Benelli |
| Created cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1945 Ourous, Guinea |
| Nationality | Guinean |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | sufficit tibi gratia mea |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Styles of Robert Sarah | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Robert Sarah (born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean Cardinal Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed as Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis on 23 November 2014.[1] He previously served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. He has been outspoken on the threat posed to Christianity by Islam. He has been outspoken on the threat posed to Christianity by Islam. He is also a critic of both abortion and the growth of LGBT rights; which he has called "western homosexual and abortion ideologies" while directly comparing them to Nazism and suggesting they are demonic.[2][3]
Early life and schooling
Sarah was born in 1945 in French Guinea and studied at Ourous. In 1957, at age 12, he entered the Seminary of Bingerville in Ivory Coast. On 2 October 1958, Guinea became independent after the referendum of 28 September. The Guinean seminarians who were studying in Bingerville returned to the new country and entered the Seminary of Dixinn in 1960 for one year. On 15 August 1961, the Democratic Party of Guinea nationalised all private Catholic schools, including the seminary. [citation needed]
After staying in their respective parishes, the seminarians, including Sarah, gathered at the locals of the parish of Sainte Croix, Kindia, waiting for the opening of Seminary Jean XXIII, situated 135 kilometers from Conakry. After obtaining a baccalaureate in 1964, Sarah was sent to France to study at the Grand Seminary at Nancy. Because of the political relations between France and Guinea, he went to Sébikotane, Sénégal, to finish his theological studies. Later that year he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in theology; and at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Jerusalem, where he obtained a licentiate in Sacred Scriptures. Sarah returned to Guinea in 1974. [citation needed]
Priestly career
Robert Sarah was ordained to the priesthood on 20 July 1969, aged 24, and incardinated in the diocese of Conakry. A decade later, at age 34, he was appointed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry on 13 August 1979 by Pope John Paul II. He received his Episcopal Consecration on 8 December 1979 from Giovanni Cardinal Benelli.
He served as the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Conakry until his appointment by Pope John Paul II as the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on 1 October 2001. In October 2010 he was appointed as President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" replacing Paul Cardinal Cordes, whose resignation had been accepted for age-related reasons. Cordes had served as President since 1995. In his new role as Archbishop he was charged with organising Catholic relief around the world. He became the second African appointed by Pope Benedict to lead a Vatican dicastary. The first was Peter Cardinal Turkson of Ghana who was appointed as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in 2009. [citation needed]
On 1 September 2010 Sarah criticised Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's call for Islam to become the religion of all of Europe, labelling it disrespectful to the Pope and Catholic Italy.[4] Sarah said: "To speak of the European continent converting to Islam makes no sense because it is the people alone who decide consciously to be Christian, Muslim or to follow other religions".[citation needed]
On 20 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI made him Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana. He has voting rights in papal conclaves until his 80th birthday. On 29 December 2010, Sarah was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Pontifical Council for the Laity and Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. On Tuesday, 10 March 2015, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Sarah to serve as a Member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.[5][6] He speaks French, English and Italian fluently. [citation needed]
Opposition to LGBT rights
On 28 January 2012, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, gave a speech calling on African nations to repeal laws that place sanctions on homosexual conduct. Speaking to a journalist, Sarah called the speech stupid. The journalist reported: "Asked if Ban Ki-moon was overstepping his responsibilities, Cardinal Sarah replied: 'Sure, you cannot impose something stupid like that.' He added: 'Poor countries like Africa just accept it because it's imposed upon them through money, through being tied to aid.'" “It’s not possible to impose on the poor this kind of European mentality,” and he added that African bishops must react against this move against African culture.[7]
He was a cardinal elector in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
In 2015, in a public address made at the Synod on the Family he played a lead role in rejecting attempts to ensure more welcoming language toward people that are gay or divorced.[8] He insisted that "Western homosexual and abortion ideologies and Islamic fanatism" could be seen as "almost like two apocalyptic beasts" with demonic origins, drawing parallels to Nazism and Communism; and noted that that terrorist attacks in France and Tunisia had taken place on the same day that the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex was permitted across the country.[9]
Sarah's comments were immediately criticised by Krzysztof Charamsa as being defamatory and disrespectful.[10] One of the Belgian bishops, Johan Bonny, complained that Sarah had tried to silence any discussion of gay rights in the discussion group that he led: "There was no way of discussing it in a peaceful way."[11]
Sources
- ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/11/24/0882/01897.htmlRE
- ^ http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/top-african-cardinal-lgbti-rights-and-islamic-extremism-are-communism-and-nazism-for-the-21st-century/
- ^ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/cardinal-sarahs-intervention-isis-and-gender-ideology-are-like-apocalyptic-/
- ^ "Vatican slams Khadafi call for Muslim Europe", cathnewsasia.com. 1 September 2010.
- ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html
- ^ Disclaimers and appointments, 10.03.2015
- ^ National cCatholic Register, 21 February 2013, "Cardinal responds to UN's criticism of Africa's Social Policies"
- ^ http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/14/catholic-bishops-vatican-summit-seek-elusive-common-ground/
- ^ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/cardinal-sarahs-intervention-isis-and-gender-ideology-are-like-apocalyptic-/
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/world/europe/gay-priest-who-lost-vatican-job-assails-the-church-in-letter-to-pope-francis.html?_r=0
- ^ http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/cdl.-sarah-silences-gay-lobby
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