{{Short description|Italian prelate (born 1936)}} {{For|the actor|Ennio Antonelli (actor)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Ennio Antonelli | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Pontifical Council for the Family|President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family]] | image = Cardenal Ennio Antonelli - Conferencia Madrid 2012 - HazteOir (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Antonelli in Madrid in 2012. | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = 7 June 2008 | term = | term_start = | quashed = | term_end = 26 June 2012 | predecessor = [[Alfonso López Trujillo]] | opposed = | successor = [[Vincenzo Paglia]] | other_post = [[Sant'Andrea delle Fratte|Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte]] (2003–) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 2 April 1960 | ordained_by = [[Ilario Alcini]] | consecration = 29 August 1982 | consecrated_by = [[Decio Lucio Grandoni]] | cardinal = 21 October 2003 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|11|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Todi]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = [[Italian people|Italian]] | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Gubbio|Bishop of Gubbio]] (1982–88)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve|Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve]] (1988–95)|[[Italian Episcopal Conference|Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference]] (1995–2001)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence|Archbishop of Florence]] (2001–08)|Apostolic Administrator of Florence (2008)}} | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Pontifical Lateran University]]|[[University of Perugia]]}} | motto = ''Voluntas Dei pax nostra'' | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Ennio Antonelli.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = Coat of arms | other = }} {{Infobox cardinal styles |cardinal name=Ennio Antonelli |dipstyle=[[His Eminence]] |offstyle=Your Eminence |relstyle=[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] |See=[[Florence]] ([[emeritus]]) |image=Coat of arms of Ennio Antonelli.svg |image_size = 150px |deathstyle=not applicable }} '''Ennio Antonelli''' (born 18 November 1936) is an Italian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who was president of the [[Pontifical Council for the Family]] from 2008 to 2012. He has been a bishop since 1982, serving as bishop of Gubbio from 1982 to 1988, archbishop of Perugia from 1988 to 1995, and archbishop of Florence from 2001 to 2008. He led the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1995 to 2001 and was raised to the rank of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2003.
==Biography== [[File:Cardinal Ennio Antonelli.jpg|thumb|right|Antonelli, right, greeting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in 2007]] Born in [[Todi]] on 18 November 1936, he attended the seminary there, the regional seminary in [[Assisi]], and the pontifical major seminary in Rome. He studied at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] in Rome, earning a [[Licentiate of Sacred Theology|licentiate in sacred theology]]. He later earned a doctorate in [[classics]] at the [[University of Perugia]]. He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a priest for the [[Diocese of Todi]] on 2 April 1960.<ref name=vatbio/> [[File:Ennio Cardinal Antonelli coa.jpg|thumb|right|Cardinal Antonelli's coat-of-arms on the basilica of [[Sant'Andrea delle Fratte]]]] He worked at the Seminary of Perugia as vice-rector, professor, and finally rector. He also taught theology at the regional seminary in Assisi, as well as art history in secondary schools in Assisi and Deruta. He was also a chaplain to Catholic teachers and student groups and a parish priest.<ref name=vatbio/>
On 25 May 1982, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him bishop of Gubbio.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-74-1982-ocr.pdf | page= 807 | date = 1982 | volume = LXXIV | access-date = 25 October 2023 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis}}</ref> He received his episcopal consecration on 29 August 1982 from Decio Lucio Grandoni, Bishop of Todi.{{cn|date=October 2023}}
On 6 October 1988 he was promoted to [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve|Archbishop of Perugia-Città del Pieve]].<ref>{{cite book | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-80-1988-ocr.pdf | page= 1481 | date = 1988 | volume = LXXX | access-date = 25 October 2023 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis}}</ref>
He resigned as archbishop to serve a five-year term as Secretary-General of the [[Italian Episcopal Conference]] on 26 May 1995.<ref name=vatbio/>
He served in this position until 21 March 2001, when he was named archbishop of Florence.<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | access-date = 25 October 2023 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/03/21/0165/00448.html | date = 21 March 2001 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 21.03.2001}}</ref> He was installed there on 20 May.{{cn|date=October 2023}}
Pope John Paul made him [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[Sant'Andrea delle Fratte]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] held on 21 October 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2003/documents/ns_lit_doc_20031021_titoli-diaconie-cardinali_en.html |title=Assignment of the Titles or the Deaconries to the new Cardinals |date=21 October 2003 |website=[[Holy See|The Holy See]] |publisher=[[Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations]] |access-date= 25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819150158/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2003/documents/ns_lit_doc_20031021_titoli-diaconie-cardinali_en.html |archive-date=19 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Antonelli served as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2005 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2005 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/04/18/0225/00461.html |title=Elenco degli Em.mi Cardinali che entrano in Conclave secondo il loro rispettivo ordine di precedenza (Vescovi, Presbiteri, Diaconi) |date=18 April 2005 |website=[[Holy See Press Office|Sala Stampa della Santa Sede]] |language=it |trans-title=List of the Eminent Cardinals entering into Conclave according to their respective order of precedence (Bishops, Priests, Deacons) |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309025237/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/04/18/0225/00461.html |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was viewed as ''[[papabile]]'', a possible candidate for election to the papacy.<ref name=next/>
On 7 June 2008, Pope Benedict named him president of the [[Pontifical Council for the Family]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 25 October 2023 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/06/07/0383/00899.html | date = 7 June 2008 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 07.06.2008}}</ref>
On 29 January 2011, Pope Benedict named Antonelli a member of the [[Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 25 October 2023 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/01/29/0061/00138.html | date = 29 January 2011 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 29.01.2011}}</ref>
He retired as president of the Pontifical Council for the Family on 26 June 2012.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 25 October 2023 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/06/26/0385/00901.html | date = 26 June 2012 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 26.06.2012}}</ref>
On 15 September 2012 he was appointed to a five-year term as a member of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 25 October 2023 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/09/15/0514/01166.html | date = 15 September 2012 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 15.09.2012}}</ref>
He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in the 2013 papal conclave|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/03/12/0146/00364.html |title=Elenco dei Cardinali che entrano in Conclave secondo il loro rispettivo ordine e precedenza (Vescovi, Presbiteri, Diaconi) |date=12 March 2013 |website=[[Holy See Press Office|Sala Stampa della Santa Sede]] |language=it |trans-title=List of Cardinals entering into Conclave according to their respective order of precedence (Bishops, Priests, Deacons) |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503185432/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/03/12/0146/00364.html |archive-date=3 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Views== Antonelli is generally seen as a moderate, with a strong interest in social justice and peace issues. In response to demands that the Church denounce divorcees who were candidates for political office in the 1990s, he said the Church should be more concerned with their voting record.<ref name=next>{{cite news | access-date = 25 October 2023 | work = National Catholic Reporter | url=http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/conclave/top_candidates.htm | title =Who Will Be the Next Pope? | date = 2005 | first = John L. | last = Allen Jr. }}</ref> When in 2009 the Italian Court of Cassation declared there was no substantial difference in law between a family based on marriage and one resulting from cohabitation, he reacted by saying that, in the light of recent sociological studies that reveal the benefits to society of what is called the traditional family and the disadvantages for society of single-parent families and those of cohabiting couples, the traditional family is needed more than ever today both for family members and for society as a whole.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0903585.htm |title= Traditional family vital for modern society, Vatican official says |access-date=9 April 2013 | work = Catholic News Service | first = John | last = Thavis | archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130409142345/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0903585.htm |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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