- Giacomo Biffi
Giacomo Biffi (born in
Milan onJune 13 ,1928 ). Appointed anauxiliary bishop there in 1975, in 1984 the sudden death ofEnrico Manfredini ofBologna opened the way for Biffi to become Archbishop there, and he was elevated to Cardinal-Priest of "Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio" in theconsistory of 1985. He retired from the archdiocese in December 2003, being succeeded byCarlo Caffarra . infobox cardinalstyles
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See=Bologna|In 2000, Cardinal Biffi told a Bologna conference that theAntichrist was alive, a prominent philanthropist promoting the ideas of ecumenism, vegetarianism, and pacifism, although he declined to name an individual. [http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/17/171946.shtml]Cardinal Biffi also once stated that the Italian government should favour Catholic
immigrants to offset the number of Muslim immigrants and protect Italy's "national identity [http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2007/02/biffi-its-whats-for-preaching.html] ."Biffi was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected
Pope Benedict XVI . According to a leaked diary, he received one vote on the fourth ballot.Cardinal Biffi lead the Spiritual Exercises for the Lenten retreat of PopeBenedict XVI, the Roman Curia, the Papal Household, and other Vatican offices. He again made comments referring to the anti-christ.
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