Article: College of Cardinals dean announces retirement. (World).(of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin)

Article: African named dean of cardinal college. (Vatican Cardinal Bernardin Gantin)
National Catholic Reporter;  June 18, 1993 ;     141 words ......dean of the College of Cardinals, a position that carries important duties during the election of a pope. Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, 71, is presently the head of the Congregation for Bishops, which coordinates selection of new bishops around...

Article: Obituaries in the news
AP Online;  May 15, 2008 ;     374 words ...Bernardin Gantin PARIS (AP) _ Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin, whose influence in the Catholic Church was felt in Europe as well as West Africa, died Tuesday. He was 86. Gantin died...

Article: Statement on the death of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. (Pres. Bill Clinton, Nov. 14, 1996)(Transcript)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;  November 18, 1996 ;     259 words ......of the death last night of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, the Archbishop of Chicago, one of...Hillary and I loved and admired Cardinal Bernardin very much. In my conversation with...I had the opportunity to remind Cardinal Bernardin of our deep feeling for him and of...

Article: Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin, close to popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, dies
AP Worldstream;  May 14, 2008 ;     282 words ...Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin, a prominent churchman whose influence was felt in Europe and in West Africa, has died. He was 86. Gantin died Tuesday...

Article: Meeting possible between Gaillot, pope.(French Bishop Jacques Gaillot; Pope John Paul II)
National Catholic Reporter;  March 17, 1995 ;     538 words ......March 6 that he sent a letter to the pope and Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, head of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops...statement that said, Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Bernardin Gantin are ready to receive Monsignor Jacques Gaillot...

Article: Ratzinger elected dean of College of Cardinals. (World).(Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter;  December 20, 2002 ;     181 words ......Ratzinger, 75, and the five other top-ranking cardinals in the curia met Nov. 27 to elect a successor to Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, 80, who asked to be relieved of the position so he could retire to his home country, Benin. Canon law stipulates...

Article: Ratzinger becomes dean of college of cardinals. (World).(Joseph Ratzinger)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter;  May 24, 2002 ;     197 words ...VATICAN CITY: When Cardinal Bernardin Gantin celebrated his 80th birthday May 8, the most important of his potential duties as dean of the College of Cardinals passed into...

Article: Cardinal decries `amazing careerism' of bishops on the hunt for advancement.
National Catholic Reporter;  May 28, 1999 ;     475 words ......bishops should remain in their dioceses for life. In an interview with the Italian Catholic journal 30 giorni, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin said he had been very shocked during his 14 years as head of the Congregation for Bishops by the definite...

Article: Homily of farewell for Cardinal Bernardin. (Cardinal Joseph Bernardin)(excepted from funeral homily)(Transcript)
National Catholic Reporter;  December 6, 1996 ;     700+ words ......has touched you through the life of Cardinal Bernardin, and I greet you as family and friends...Don't worry. I have cried too. ... Cardinal Bernardin was many things to people, but he...life, and I'd like to talk about Cardinal Bernardin in the context of one of his favorite...

Article: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Catholic Insight;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Brantford, ON From Robert Dyment re: Cardinal Bernardin Having just read the book review...to Cardinal Cooke, but as regards Cardinal Bernardin, permit me to express doubt about...publication provides evidence that Cardinal Bernardin was a thorn in the side of the Holy...

Article: Bernardin helps to answer: 'What's a priest?' (late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin)(Column)
National Catholic Reporter;  January 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ......flowers and candles on the steps of Cardinal Bernardin's residence and his ministry continues...to the people in his congregation. Cardinal Bernardin, the church leader, made his mark...reprehensible, that all life has dignity. And Cardinal Bernardin, the priest, had the courage to ...

Article: Cardinal Bernardin's Stations of the Cross: Transforming Our Grief and Loss Into New Life.(Lenten books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
National Catholic Reporter;  March 26, 2004 ;     257 words ...Cardinal Bernardin's Stations of the Cross: Transforming Our Grief and Loss Into...That is a device Eugene Kennedy uses in his Lenten offering, Cardinal Bernardin's Station's of the Cross: Transforming Our Grief and Loss into...

Article: Cardinals' low level of theology debate.(Column)
National Catholic Reporter;  November 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......the truth, and the life - as if Cardinal Bernardin would not or did not. In fact, he...dialogue. They made it appear as if Cardinal Bernardin's concept of dialogue were equivalent...interpretation of dialogue read into Cardinal Bernardin's paper by those who criticized it...

Article: In Chicago, Catholics react with relief, lingering anger. (Cardinal Joseph Bernardin sex abuse allegations withdrawn) (Interview)
National Catholic Reporter;  March 11, 1994 ;     669 words ...CHICAGO - News of Cardinal Bernardin's vindication after 108 days of waiting and...case against him was coming unraveled. The cardinal had hinted strongly that the case was falling...well-wishers that included Hillary Rodham Clinton and Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean of the College of ...