José Cardoso Sobrinho

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José Cardoso Sobrinho OCarm (born June 30, 1933 in Caruaru , Pernambuco , Brazil ) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman and retired Archbishop of Olinda e Recife .

Life

After his school days Cardoso Sobrinho entered the Carmelite order and made perpetual profession on October 15, 1954 . After studying Catholic theology , he was ordained a priest on April 28, 1957 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Paracatu on March 29, 1979 . The Pope personally donated him episcopal ordination on May 27 of the same year . Co-consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy and Eduardo Martínez Somalo . The inauguration in the Diocese of Paracatu took place on August 15 of the same year.

On April 2, 1985, he was appointed Archbishop of Olinda e Recife to succeed Hélder Câmara . At the beginning of his tenure as archbishop he moved into the bishop's palace in Recife, which his predecessor as a supporter of liberation theology had not lived in. As Archbishop, Cardoso Sobrinho campaigned in Brazil to reduce the influence of liberation theology in his region and to curb the growth of Protestantism in Brazil. He is considered an opponent of the Brazilian Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns from São Paulo . On July 1, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. the resignation from the office of Archbishop of Olinda e Recife submitted by José Cardoso Sobrinho for reasons of age. His successor from August 16, 2009 is Antônio Fernando Saburido OSB , previously Bishop of Sobral .

Controversy

In March 2009, José Cardoso Sobrinho became the focus of Brazilian and international media coverage. A nine-year-old girl had been raped by her stepfather ; she had broken off the twin pregnancy that resulted from it in the 15th week of pregnancy , since, according to the doctors, the life of the 36 kg girl was at risk. Cardoso Sobrinho said in a television interview that the Church could not make an exception in such a case either, since "God's law" is higher than "human laws". The adults who consented to the abortion, including the mother of the child and the team of doctors who carried out the abortion, incurred the excommunication . According to the Archbishop with reference to Canon 1398 of the Codex Iuris Canonici , this occurred automatically when the abortion was carried out. Cardoso Sobrinho was sharply criticized for his testimony by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva . The Brazilian theology professor Joao Batistiole called the archbishop's attitude "hard and difficult to understand".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Brook: Two Archbishops, Old and New, Symbolize Conflict in the Brazilian Church , in: The New York Times, November 12, 1989.
  2. ^ Mother of rape victim excommunicated ( memento from August 1, 2010 on WebCite ) tagesschau.de from March 5, 2009
  3. ^ DiePresse.com: Nine-year-old has an abortion: those involved excommunicated
  4. ↑ Codex of Canon Law, (Can. 1398) , on www. vatican.va, accessed March 10, 2009
  5. ^ A b ORF: Brazil - Criticism of excommunication after abortion in nine-year-olds from February 27, 2009, accessed on March 10, 2009
  6. ↑ Abortion in a raped child is causing waves  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AP March 6, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / de.news.yahoo.com  

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predecessor Office successor
Hélder Câmara Archbishop of Olinda e Recife
1985–2009 		Antônio Fernando Saburido OSB
Raimundo Lui OCarm Bishop of Paracatu
1979–1985 		Leonardo de Miranda Pereira
personal data
SURNAME Cardoso Sobrinho, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian clergyman and Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda and Recife
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Caruaru , Brazil