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Velasio de Paolis was born on 19 September, 1935 in Sonnino, Kingdom of Italy, is a Catholic cardinal. Discover Velasio de Paolis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 19 September, 1935
Birthday 19 September
Birthplace Sonnino, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 9 September, 2017
Died Place Rome, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1935

Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL (19 September 1935 – 9 September 2017), was an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

He was President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for the religious institute of the Legionaries of Christ.

1958

De Paolis was born in 1935 in Sonnino, Latina, and took his final vows as a member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) on 4 October 1958.

He completed his studies in Rome and received his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University, a licentiate in theology from the faculty of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, and a law degree from La Sapienza University.

1961

He was ordained to the priesthood on 18 March 1961 and after 1971 taught canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

1980

He held these memberships until his 80th birthday.

1987

In 1987 he became professor of canon law at the Pontifical Urban University, where he became dean in 1998.

2003

On 30 December 2003, De Paolis was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura and Titular Bishop of Thelepte by Pope John Paul II.

2004

He received his episcopal consecration on 21 February 2004 from Cardinal Angelo Sodano, with Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, CS, and Bishop Francesco Saverio Salerno serving as co-consecrators.

In response to the murder of two priests in Turkey and Nigeria, he declared, "Enough now with this turning the other cheek! It's our duty to protect ourselves...The West has had relations with the Arab countries for half a century, mostly for oil, and has not been able to get the slightest concession on human rights."

The core set of norms (128 in number) were approved by the Vatican in 2004, not the more extensive ones (over 1,000 in number).

He said a small commission would be formed soon to extract from the more extensive rules only those that are strictly necessary for their life and governance.

2008

De Paolis was named President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See by Pope Benedict XVI on 12 April 2008, also being promoted to Titular Archbishop of Thelepte.

As President, he essentially served as the chief auditor for the Vatican.

Refusing to allow the film adaption of Dan Brown's novel Angels & Demons to be filmed at churches in Rome, De Paolis said that Brown had "turned the gospels upside down to poison the faith...It would be unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous novels can be made into films in the name of business."

He also said that Brown's work "wounds common religious feelings."

2010

On 25 January 2010 he was appointed a member of the Apostolic Signatura, the Church's highest court, in addition to his duties at the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.

On 29 December 2010 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

He was created Cardinal-Deacon with the title of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola by Pope Benedict XVI in the consistory of 20 November 2010.

On 9 July 2010, Pope Benedict appointed de Paolis as Pontifical Delegate for the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ, after the alleged abuses by its founder became public and were admitted by the congregation.

In October of the same year, De Paolis suggested that the Legion should redefine its mission and its governing structure.

He acknowledged that questions remained about how much other Legion leaders knew about Maciel's abuses and that finding the truth is "not that simple".

Plans were made for a renewal process that could take three years or more.

He and four advisers would work with Legion officials to revise the congregation's constitution, and consideration was being given to appointing a committee to address complaints made against the Legion and a committee to address financial management issues in the congregation.

The process would include an investigation, headed by Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez of Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain, of the lay branch of the congregation, known as Regnum Christi.

2011

On 4 May 2011, Pope Benedict appointed him a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, on which he served until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 80 in 2015.

Pope Benedict XVI accepted De Paolis' resignation as president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs on 21 September 2011.

On 20 October 2011, de Paolis disclosed, in a letter, that an investigation of Regnum Christi uncovered concerns that would require rewriting the group's norms.

Vatican officials expressed concern that the consecrated members of Regnum Christi were overly subject to the Legion; they called for their own structure of authority while keeping close ties to the Legion.

De Paolis said that “the issues regarding personal and community life that have emerged from this same visitation on an institutional level initially appear to be many and challenging.” He indicated, however, that Regnum Christi would continue its affiliation with the Legion of Christ, but that the lay group would be split from the Legion itself.

In a 21 November 2011 letter, de Paolis asked the consecrated in Regnum Christi to edit their core set of norms, and ruled inoperative a more extensive set of norms.

On 26 October 2011 it was reported that disillusioned members were leaving the order as they lose faith that the Vatican will push through the necessary changes.

De Paolis said in an interview that Pope Benedict tasked him only with guiding the Legion and helping rewrite its norms – not "decapitating" its leadership or avenging wrongdoing.

De Paolis ruled out any further investigation into the crimes of Marciel Maciel.

2013

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.

He called Cardinal Roger Mahony's participation in the conclave "troubling," but noted that Mahony "has the right and duty to take part", and "the rules must be followed".

Mahony had recently been rebuked by his successor, Archbishop Jose Gomez, for his handling of sexual abuse cases, although Gomez also expressed support for Mahony's participation in the papal conclave.

2014

In 2014 de Paolis said one of the "key points" in the redrafted constitution is a "clearer and more accurate distinction between the internal forum and the external forum, and between the sacramental forum and – let us say – the disciplinary, external forum."

The reference seemed to indicate that the revised constitution would permit Legionaries to choose their own confessors, removing a requirement that they confess only to priests chosen by superiors.

He said drafters of the new constitution had found it necessary to "reaffirm that authority is not arbitrary but must operate within a council."