Roberto Tucci
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Roberto Cardinal Tucci, SJ (19 April 1921-) is a Roman Catholic Cardinal and theologian. He was created Cardinal by Pope John Paul II.
He was born in Naples, Italy. He became a priest choosing to join the Society of Jesus on 1 October 1936. He studied classics at the University of Naples, where he also eventually received a doctorate in philosophy. He subsequently earned a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of Louvain and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He was ordained on August 24, 1950. After his ordination he taught as a faculty member, at the Theological Faculty of "San Luigi" in Naples. He founded the journal Digest religioso, which was later renamed Rassegna di Teologia. He later worked a member of the preparatory commission on lay apostolate of the Second Vatican Council, he also Attended the Council as a peritus. He worked as a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1965 until 1989 and member of the editorial committee of the pastoral instruction on social communications "Communio et progressio" in its final phase.
He served as Secretary General of the Italian branch of the Society of Jesus from 1967 until 1969. He also worked for Vatican Radio and was its director general until 1985. He also was a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University, Washington from 1977 to 1983.
[edit] Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio in the consistory of February 21, 2001. He lost the right to participate in a conclave when turned 80 years of age April 19, 2001. He was not ordained as a bishop as per Pope John XXIII's rule that all cardinals be bishops. He was dispensed from the requirement of episcopal ordination by Pope John Paul II.
[edit] Trivia
- Cardinal Tucci was awarded an honorary degree in law by the University of Notre Dame.
- Tucci was awarded the Légion d'honneur by France in 1976.
