RIP Cardinal Angelo Amato - Pope Francis Joins Funeral for Death of Cardinal who Worked Towards the Canonization of Mother Teresa
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Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, who passed away on Tuesday, December 31 at the age of 86. The Dean of the College of Cardinals celebrates the funeral of the cardinal who died on December 31st in the Vatican Basilica, highlighting his commitment as secretary in the "refoundation" of the Pontifical Academy of Theology desired by John Paul II. The Pope presides over the rites of Ultima Commendatio and Valedictio. Cardinal Amato worked on the canonization of 913 people, including John Paul II (1978-2005), Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) and the Fatima visionaries Francisco and Jacinta Marto, canonized by Pope Francis in Fatima in May 2017.At his death, the College of Cardinals now numbers 252 cardinals, with 139 electors in the event of a conclave, and 113 are non-voters.
A man "rich in faith and humanity", open to dialogue and endowed with an innate positivity towards life and its circumstances. Qualities that together with "wisdom and dynamism" realized the vision of Pope John Paul II for a refoundation of the Pontifical Academy of Theology where the exchange between theology and philosophy would be placed at the center. This is how Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, remembered the cardinal. Pope Francis joined the funeral Mass held at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica this afternoon, January 2, to preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio , the final recommendation to God to welcome the soul of the deceased into the Communion of Saints, and the Valedictio , the farewell, or last greeting before burial.
In a telegram, the Pope's condolences to those closest to the cardinal of the Salesian family who died yesterday. "He spent himself with human finesse," writes Francis, and has ...
In his homily, the Dean of the College of Cardinals retraced the life of the cardinal, born in Molfetta in 1938 to a family of shipbuilders. A career he put aside to enter, fascinated by the figure of Don Bosco, the Salesian aspirant of Torre Annunziata. After his first religious profession and priestly ordination, Amato divided his studies between Rome and the University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. Dean of Christology at the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical Salesian University, of which he became vice-rector in 1997, in his teaching style - Cardinal Re recalled - there were parallels between Christology and Mariology, dictated by a particular devotion to the Madonna, of whom the cardinal "willingly spoke".
His academic commitment made him the profile chosen by John Paul II for the "refoundation" of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in 1999, appointing him secretary. Also in this instance, the dean of the College of Cardinals emphasized Amato's ability to bring together disciplines of different extractions. " Sufficit gratia mea " is the episcopal motto chosen, to which, Re recalled, he remained "faithful in his work" especially in the last years of his life, "marked by suffering". Appointed by Benedict XVI as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in July 2008, Ratzinger himself created him cardinal in 2010.
BIOGRAPHY - AMATO Card. Angelo, S.D.B.
Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was born on 8 June 1938 in Molfetta, Italy. The first of four children, he began studying at a nautical institute before deciding to enter the Salesian Aspirancy in 1953.
On 22 December 1967, he was ordained a priest after making his perpetual vows with the Salesians of St. John Bosco.
He earned a licentiate in philosophy at the Pontifical Salesian University and a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
In 1977, he was sent to Greece by the Secretariat of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity. Upon his return to Rome, he taught dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Salesian University. He served as dean of the department of theology and as vice rector of the university.
In 1999, he was nominated Prelate Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Theology.
On 19 December 2002 he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On 6 January 2003, he was ordained titular Archbishop of Sila.
On 9 July 2008 he was nominated by Pope Benedict XVI to be Prefect for the Causes of Saints.
He participated in the conclave of March 2013, which elected Pope Francis.
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of 20 November 2010, of the Deaconry of Santa Maria in Aquiro (Saint Mary in Aquiro), Deaconry elevated pro hac vice to presbyteral title (3 May 2021).
Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B, died on 31 december 2024.
A man "rich in faith and humanity", open to dialogue and endowed with an innate positivity towards life and its circumstances. Qualities that together with "wisdom and dynamism" realized the vision of Pope John Paul II for a refoundation of the Pontifical Academy of Theology where the exchange between theology and philosophy would be placed at the center. This is how Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, remembered the cardinal. Pope Francis joined the funeral Mass held at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica this afternoon, January 2, to preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio , the final recommendation to God to welcome the soul of the deceased into the Communion of Saints, and the Valedictio , the farewell, or last greeting before burial.
In a telegram, the Pope's condolences to those closest to the cardinal of the Salesian family who died yesterday. "He spent himself with human finesse," writes Francis, and has ...
In his homily, the Dean of the College of Cardinals retraced the life of the cardinal, born in Molfetta in 1938 to a family of shipbuilders. A career he put aside to enter, fascinated by the figure of Don Bosco, the Salesian aspirant of Torre Annunziata. After his first religious profession and priestly ordination, Amato divided his studies between Rome and the University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. Dean of Christology at the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical Salesian University, of which he became vice-rector in 1997, in his teaching style - Cardinal Re recalled - there were parallels between Christology and Mariology, dictated by a particular devotion to the Madonna, of whom the cardinal "willingly spoke".
His academic commitment made him the profile chosen by John Paul II for the "refoundation" of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in 1999, appointing him secretary. Also in this instance, the dean of the College of Cardinals emphasized Amato's ability to bring together disciplines of different extractions. " Sufficit gratia mea " is the episcopal motto chosen, to which, Re recalled, he remained "faithful in his work" especially in the last years of his life, "marked by suffering". Appointed by Benedict XVI as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in July 2008, Ratzinger himself created him cardinal in 2010.
BIOGRAPHY - AMATO Card. Angelo, S.D.B.
Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was born on 8 June 1938 in Molfetta, Italy. The first of four children, he began studying at a nautical institute before deciding to enter the Salesian Aspirancy in 1953.
On 22 December 1967, he was ordained a priest after making his perpetual vows with the Salesians of St. John Bosco.
He earned a licentiate in philosophy at the Pontifical Salesian University and a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
In 1977, he was sent to Greece by the Secretariat of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity. Upon his return to Rome, he taught dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Salesian University. He served as dean of the department of theology and as vice rector of the university.
In 1999, he was nominated Prelate Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Theology.
On 19 December 2002 he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On 6 January 2003, he was ordained titular Archbishop of Sila.
On 9 July 2008 he was nominated by Pope Benedict XVI to be Prefect for the Causes of Saints.
He participated in the conclave of March 2013, which elected Pope Francis.
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of 20 November 2010, of the Deaconry of Santa Maria in Aquiro (Saint Mary in Aquiro), Deaconry elevated pro hac vice to presbyteral title (3 May 2021).
Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B, died on 31 december 2024.
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