Camillo Ruini
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His Eminence Camillo Ruini |
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Cardinal Ruini
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| Church | Catholic |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura |
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| Ordination | 8 December 1954 by Mons. Luigi Traglia |
| Consecration | 29 June 1983 by Mons. Gilberto Baroni |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 |
| Rank | Cardinal Priest |
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19 February 1931 Sassuolo, Italy |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Motto | Veritas liberabit nos |
| Coat of arms |  |
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Styles of Camillo Ruini |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura |
Camillo Ruini (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈmillo ruˈini]; born 19 February 1931) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome from 1991 to 2008 [2]. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991.
He was very active in the mass media and was one of the cardinals who most often appeared on Italian television, newspapers and magazines. On 14 February 2006, he was confirmed as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference by Pope Benedict XVI, a post at which he served until March 2007.
Ruini was born in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna. Having studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he obtained a licentiate in philosophy and a licentiate in sacred theology.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 8 December 1954, by Archbishop Luigi Traglia. In 1957 he returned to Reggio Emilia and taught philosophy at the diocesan seminary until 1968. From 1958 to 1966 he served as chaplain to university graduates and from 1966 to 1970 he served as a delegate for Azione Cattolica.
Among his teaching posts, from 1968 until 1986 he taught dogmatic theology at the Studio Teologico Interdiocesano of Modena-Reggio Emilia-Carpi-Guastalla, where he was also headmaster from 1968 to 1977.
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