{{Short description|Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1955)}} {{redirect|Zuppi|the photographer and journalist, Matteo's father|Enrico Zuppi}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Matteo Zuppi | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Archdiocese of Bologna|Archbishop of Bologna]] | image = Matteo Zuppi 2025.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Zuppi in 2025 | church = [[Catholic]] | archdiocese = [[Archdiocese of Bologna|Bologna]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | enthroned = 12 December 2015 | ended = | appointed = 27 October 2015 | term = | predecessor = [[Carlo Caffarra]] | opposed = | successor = | other_post = {{unbulleted list |[[Sant'Egidio, Rome|Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Egidio]] (2019–)|[[Episcopal Conference of Italy|President of the Italian Episcopal Conference]] (2022–)}} | ordination = 9 May 1981 | ordained_by = Renato Spallanzani | consecration = 14 April 2012 | consecrated_by = [[Agostino Vallini]] | cardinal= 5 October 2019 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Villa Nova, Mauritania|Titular Bishop of Villa Nova]] (2012–15)|[[Diocese of Rome|Auxiliary Bishop of Rome]] (2012–15)}} <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Matteo Maria Zuppi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|10|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | religion = [[Catholic]] | residence = | parents = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Lateran University]]<br />[[Sapienza University of Rome]] | motto = {{lang|la|Gaudium Domini fortitudo vestra}}<br />(The joy of the Lord is your strength) | signature = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Matteo Maria Zuppi (cardinal).svg }}
'''Matteo Maria Zuppi''' ({{IPA|it|matˈtɛːo maˈriːa tˈtsuppi, - dˈdzuppi|}}; born 11 October 1955) is an [[Catholic Church in Italy|Italian Roman Catholic]] prelate who has served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna|Archbishop of Bologna]] since 2015. He was previously an [[Diocese of Rome|auxiliary bishop of Rome]] from 2012 to 2015.
[[Pope Francis]] made him a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2019. He has been president of the [[Episcopal Conference of Italy]] since 2022. During this time, Zuppi opposed [[right-wing populism]], [[nationalism]] and [[Opposition to immigration|anti-immigrant beliefs]], emphasizing Europe's moral duty to [[2015 European migrant crisis|welcome migrants]]. These views resulted in clashes with [[Matteo Salvini]], leader of Italy's [[Lega (political party)|Lega Party]], alongside other individuals of the [[Conservatism in Italy|Italian right]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a voice of support for the [[China-Holy See relations#2018 Holy See–China agreement|2018 Vatican-China Agreement]], which allows the pope to approve and veto bishops approved by the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. He has written three books on Catholicism and additionally contributed an essay to the Italian translation of [[James Martin (priest, born 1960)|James Martin]]'s ''Building a Bridge.'' As a close associate of Pope Francis, who supported many of his initiatives, Zuppi was seen as a [[2025 papal conclave papabili|leading contender]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 21, 2025 |title=Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Contenders. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/next-pope-francis-candidates.html |access-date=April 22, 2025 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 21, 2025 |title=Who will be the next pope? Some potential candidates to succeed Francis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/who-next-pope-francis-potential-candidates-succeed |access-date=April 22, 2025 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
==Early life and priesthood== Born in Rome on 11 October 1955, he is the fifth of six children of the journalist [[Enrico Zuppi]], and Carla Fumagalli (d. 2004),<ref>{{Cite web |title=FUMAGALLI ZUPPI CARLA |url=https://necrologie.repubblica.it/necrologi/2005/515448-fumagalli-zuppi-carla |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Necrologie |language=it}}</ref> niece of Cardinal [[Carlo Confalonieri]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} He attended the Liceo Virgilio there<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 17 January 2022 | work = Crux | url = https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2022/01/friendship-between-cardinal-and-politician-cemented-comeback-of-bologna-school | title = Friendship between cardinal and politician cemented comeback of 'Bologna school' | date= 16 January 2022 | first = John L. | last = Allen Jr. }}</ref> and then he studied at the seminary in [[Palestrina, Lazio|Palestrina]] and earned his [[Bachelor of Sacred Theology]] at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]] in Rome. He earned a [[laurea]] at the [[Sapienza University of Rome]], writing his thesis on the history of Christianity. He was ordained a priest of the [[Diocese of Palestrina]] on 9 May 1981 and in that year was appointed as the parochial vicar of [[Santa Maria in Trastevere|Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere]] under [[Vincenzo Paglia]], whom he succeeded as pastor of the church, serving from 2000 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Government Ban on 'Miracle' Drug Hasn't a Prayer |last=Schmetzer |first=Uli |date=1987-12-09 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name=vatbio/> He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Rome in 1988.<ref name=vatbio/>
He worked with the [[Community of Sant'Egidio]], a Catholic lay association devoted to ecumenism and conflict resolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/volontariato/2010/10/14/news/sant_egidio_la_piccola_onu_romana_ultima_spiaggia_di_tante_crisi-8032222/ |title=Sant'Egidio, la piccola Onu romana ultima spiaggia di tante crisi|work=La Repubblica |first=Daniele |last=Mastrogiacomo|date=14 October 2010|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref> Zuppi was one of the four mediators of the two-year-long Rome-based peace negotiations that resulted in the [[Rome General Peace Accords]] and helped end the civil war in [[Mozambique]] in 1992,<ref>{{cite journal|first=Eric |last=Morier-Genoud|title=Sant'Egidio et la paix. Interviews de Don Matteo Zuppi & Ricardo Cannelli|journal=Le Fait Missionnaire - Social Sciences & Missions|number=13|date=October 2003|pages=119–145|doi=10.1163/221185203X00051 |url=https://qub.academia.edu/EricMorierGenoud/Papers/745711/SANT_EGIDIO_LA_MEDIATION_and_LA_PAIX._INterview_de_Don_Matteo_ZUPPI_and_Ricardo_CANNELLI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Vingt-sept mois de négociations intermittentes à Rome |date=1992-10-04 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> in recognition of which he was made an honorary citizen of that country.<ref name=pastoral>{{cite news|last1=Allen Jr.|first1=John L.|title=Francis' Pastoral Revolution rolls on with two big picks in Italy|url=http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/10/27/francis-pastoral-revolution-rolls-on-with-two-big-picks-in-italy/|access-date=27 October 2015|work=Crux|date=27 October 2015|archive-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909233232/https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/10/27/francis-pastoral-revolution-rolls-on-with-two-big-picks-in-italy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zuppi also traveled to Turkey in 1993 in an attempt to secure the release of two Italian tourists held by Kurdish rebels.<ref>{{Cite news |title="L' esercito turco ci tiene prigionieri in un albergo"; Ma dal governo arriva una "tiepida solidarietà", il ministero degli Esteri ribadisce: non dovevano fare nessuna trattativa |last=Gramellini |first=Massimo |date=1993-09-14|work=[[La Stampa]]}}</ref>
==Bishop and archbishop== [[File:Matteo Maria Zuppi 2015.jpg | thumb | right | Zuppi as Archbishop of Bologna in 2015]] On 31 January 2012, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] named him an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Rome and titular bishop of [[Mauretania Caesariensis#Episcopal sees|Villa Nova]].<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 17 January 2022 | date = 31 January 2012 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/01/31/0060/00130.html | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 31.01.2021 }}</ref> He was ordained a bishop on 14 April 2012 by Cardinal [[Agostino Vallini]], [[Vicar General]] of the [[Diocese of Rome]]. He was the auxiliary responsible for the city center, including the [[Trastevere]] neighborhood where Sant'Egidio is headquartered. There he led efforts to improve care for the poor and the elderly and developed outreach programs for drug addicts and Romani.<ref name=pastoral/> He also established relations with traditionalists and celebrated a [[Pontifical Mass]] according to the [[Tridentine Mass|Tridentine rite]].<ref>{{cite web|language=it | title=Pontificale di mons. Matteo M. Zuppi alla chiesa di Gesù e Maria a Roma|url= http://www.unavoceitalia.org/wordpress/2014/06/11/pontificale-di-mons-matteo-m-zuppi-alla-chiesa-di-gesu-maria-roma/|access-date=22 May 2018|website=Une voce Italia| date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
[[Pope Francis]] appointed him Archbishop of [[Bologna]] on 27 October 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/10/27/0827/01841.html#bo|title=Rinuncia dell'arcivescovo metropolita di Bologna (Italia) e nomina del successore| language=it |publisher= Holy See Press Office|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
On 1 September 2019 Pope Francis announced that he planned to create Zuppi a cardinal on 5 October; he was the first head of an Italian see traditionally headed by a cardinal to be named a cardinal by Francis.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} On 5 October 2019, Pope Francis made him [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[Sant'Egidio, Rome|Sant'Egidio]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 5 October 2019 | date = 5 October 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/10/05/0778/01587.html | title = Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 05.10.2019 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}</ref> He was made a member of the [[Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development]] on 21 February 2020,<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 3 March 2020 | language = it | title = Rinunce e nomine, 21.02.2020 | date = 21 February 2020 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/02/21/0113/00254.html }}</ref> and a member of the [[Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See]] on 18 April 2020.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 18 April 2020 | title = Resignations and Appointments, 18.04.2020 | date = 18 April 2020 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/04/18/200418a.html }}</ref>
On 14 January 2022, at the [[Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri|Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and of the Martyrs]] in Rome, Zuppi presided over the state funeral of [[David Sassoli]], his personal friend since adolescence and [[President of the European Parliament]], who died on 11 January due to a [[multiple myeloma]].<ref>[https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2022/01/14/sassolicard.-zuppi-compagno-di-classe-che-tutti-vorrebbero_992e1f30-e1df-4f7f-8f77-a563600e7179.html Sassoli:Card. Zuppi, compagno di classe che tutti vorrebbero], ''ANSA''</ref><ref>[https://www.ilgiorno.it/cronaca/funerali-sassoli-1.7248233 Funerali di Stato per David Sassoli: il tributo della politica e il ricordo dei figli], ''Il Giorno''</ref>
[[File:Joe Biden meets with Matteo Zuppi (53233829052).jpg|thumb|left|Zuppi with US President [[Joe Biden]] in 2023]] On 24 May 2022, Pope Francis, having been presented by the {{nat|Conference}} with three candidates for the post, chose Zuppi to serve a five-year term as president of the [[Episcopal Conference of Italy]].<ref>{{cite news | work = Crux | access-date = 3 June 2022 | url = https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2022/05/new-head-of-italian-bishops-tasked-with-handling-abuse-crisis | date = 25 May 2022 | title = New head of Italian bishops tasked with handling clergy sex abuse | first = Inés | last = San Martín }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/cronaca/cei-presidente-zuppi-1.7709992 | language = it | date = 24 May 2022 | title = Zuppi è il nuovo presidente della Cei nominato dal Papa: "Farò del mio meglio" | access-date = 3 June 2022}}</ref>
In June 2022 Cardinal Zuppi was accused of hiding what critics called blessing a gay couple after their civil wedding. The editor of the Italian conservative Catholic [[online newspaper]] said the Archdiocese of Bologna made a number of false claims in a statement attempting to justify the ceremony. The "blessing" of Pietro Morotti and Giacomo Spagnolli took place in the presence of six priests at the church of San Lorenzo di Budrio. Cardinal Zuppi was not present and had no part in the ceremony.<ref>Edward Pentin, [https://www.ncregister.com/blog/cardinal-zuppi-same-sex-blessing Cardinal Zuppi Accused of 'Incorrect and Misleading' Spin of Same-Sex Blessing], ''National Catholic Register'', 22 June 2022; quoting an editorial in ''La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana'', headlined "Blessing of Gay Couple, Cardinal Zuppi's Lies", by editor Riccardo Cascioli.</ref>
In 2023 Pope Francis asked Cardinal Zuppi to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. Zuppi met President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]; he did not meet President [[Vladimir Putin]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-asks-italian-cardinal-carry-out-peace-mission-ukraine-war-vatican-says-2023-05-20/# | title=Pope asks Italian cardinal to carry out Ukraine peace mission | newspaper=Reuters | date=20 May 2023 | last1=Pullella | first1=Philip }}</ref> but he did meet with [[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]].<ref>Hudson, P., [https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/17298/zuppi-meets-kirill-on-moscow-peace-mission Zuppi meets Kirill on Moscow peace mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430115554/https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/17298/zuppi-meets-kirill-on-moscow-peace-mission |date=30 April 2025 }}, ''The Tablet'', published 30 June 2023, accessed 5 August 2023</ref> In July 2023, he flew to the United States to meet with President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>[https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/07/biden-papal-envoy-meet-for-two-hours-on-ukraine-focus-on-humanitarian-aid Biden, papal envoy meet for two hours on Ukraine, focus on humanitarian aid]</ref>
Cardinal Zuppi visited Moscow in October 2024 to promote humanitarian collaboration amid the ongoing conflict.<ref>[https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/10/top-cardinal-back-in-moscow-amid-popes-anti-war-efforts Top cardinal back in Moscow amid pope’s anti-war efforts]</ref>
Cardinal Zuppi met again with Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the funeral of Pope Francis in April 2025 to discuss facilitating the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported from Russia as well as the release of prisoners.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelensky-meets-vatican-state-secretary-203947485.html Zelensky meets Vatican state secretary on sidelines of Pope Francis's funeral</ref>
==Views==
=== Sexuality === In May 2018, he contributed an essay to the Italian translation of [[James Martin (priest, born 1960)|James Martin]]'s ''Building a Bridge'', ''Un ponte da costruire''. He wrote that it was "useful for encouraging dialogue, as well as reciprocal knowledge and understanding, in view of a new pastoral attitude that we must seek together with our [[LGBTQ people|LGBT]] brothers and sisters" and that it will "help LGBT. Catholics feel more at home in what is, after all, their church".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zuppi |first1=Matteo |date=21 May 2018 |title=Italian archbishop endorses a 'new pastoral attitude' for L.G.B.T Catholics |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/05/21/italian-archbishop-endorses-new-pastoral-attitude-lgbt-catholics |access-date=22 May 2018 |work=[[America (magazine)|America]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zuppi |first1=Matteo |date=20 May 2018 |title=Zuppi. Chiesa e persone Lgbt sul ponte dell'incontro |url=https://www.avvenire.it/chiesa/pagine/chiesa-e-persone-lgbt-sul-ponte-dellincontro |access-date=22 May 2018 |work=Avvenire |language=it}}</ref> In 2024 Zuppi defended ''[[Fiducia supplicans]]'', explaining:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/01/22/zuppi-difende-benedizioni-coppie-omosessuali-compito-chiesa-interessarsi-tutti/7418928/|title=Zuppi difende le benedizioni delle coppie omosessuali: "Compito della Chiesa interessarsi di tutti"|date=January 22, 2024|access-date=April 23, 2025|language=it|website=[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/cei-zuppi-benedire-le-coppie-gay-una-risorsa-pastorale-non-un-problema-si-vuole-dividere-la-chiesa-accusandola-di-fare-politica.aspx|title=Benedire le coppie gay una risorsa pastorale. Si vuole dividere la Chiesa accusandola di fare politica|language=it|website=][[Famiglia Cristiana]]|date=January 22, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250423105804/https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/cei-zuppi-benedire-le-coppie-gay-una-risorsa-pastorale-non-un-problema-si-vuole-dividere-la-chiesa-accusandola-di-fare-politica.aspx|archive-date=April 23, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> {{blockquote|[The document] is set within the horizon of mercy, of the Church's loving gaze upon all God's children, without however departing from the teachings of the [[Magisterium of the Catholic Church|Magisterium]]. [...] God wants everyone to be saved. It is therefore the Church's duty to care for each and every one. We cannot forget that all the baptised enjoy the full dignity of "sons of God" and, as such, are our brothers and sisters. There is no questioning the meaning of the Sacrament of Marriage.}}
Zuppi does not exclude the possibility of making priestly celibacy optional, noting that there are already married priests within the Catholic hierarchy: "If you go to Ukraine or Romania, the priests of the Byzantine rite communities, but linked to Rome, are already there...so it is a discipline that can be changed."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collegeofcardinalsreport.com/cardinals/matteo-maria-zuppi/|title=Cardinal Matteo Zuppi|year=2025|work=College of Cardinals Report|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>
=== Foreign policy ===
==== Vatican-China agreement ==== He also supports the [[China-Holy See relations#2018 Holy See–China agreement|2018 Vatican-China Agreement]], which allows the pope to approve and veto bishops approved by the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. As Francis' "personal peace envoy", Zuppi met with Chinese officials in regards to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and established "cordial" conversations with them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/is-the-vaticans-china-diplomacy-strategy|title=Is the Vatican's China diplomacy strategy, or chaos?|date=August 19, 2024|work=[[The Pillar]]|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>
==== Condemnation of nationalism in Europe ==== Zuppi has spoken vociferously against [[nationalism]] and for the benefits of [[pro-Europeanism]], noting in March 2025 that "only a united Europe can preserve European humanism...Today the evil of nationalism wears new clothes...[and is] in contradiction with the Gospel."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lanuovabq.it/it/zuppi-celebra-le-nozze-tra-cei-e-unione-europea|title=Zuppi celebra le nozze tra Cei e Unione Europea|date=March 13, 2025|access-date=April 26, 2025|language=it|website=[[La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana]]}}</ref> Zuppi has also emphasized the need to welcome migrants, exploring in his 2019 book ''Odierai il prossimo tuo come te stesso'' the root causes of the opposition to recent mass migration in Europe: fear, individualism, and an unwillingness to see the "[[Other (philosophy)|Other]]" as one's brother. These views have often resulted in clashes with [[Matteo Salvini]], leader of the [[Right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] [[Lega (political party)|Lega Party]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://collegeofcardinalsreport.com/cardinals/matteo-maria-zuppi/|title=Cardinal Matteo Zuppi|year=2025|work=College of Cardinals Report|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>
== Publications == * {{cite book|first=Matteo Maria|last=Zuppi|title=La Confessione, il perdono per cambiare|publisher=Edizioni San Paolo|location=Cinisello Balsamo|year=2010|isbn=978-88-215-6821-3}} * {{cite work|first=Matteo Maria|last=Zuppi|title=Guarire le malattie del cuore: itinerario quaresimale|publisher=Edizioni San Paolo|location=Cinisello Balsamo|year=2013|isbn=978-88-215-7649-2}} * {{cite work|first=Matteo Maria|last=Zuppi|title=Odierai il prossimo tuo come te stesso. Perché abbiamo dimenticato la fraternità. Riflessioni sulle paure del tempo presente|publisher=Piemme|year=2019|isbn=978-8856672336}}
==See also== *[[Cardinals created by Francis]] *[[2025 papal conclave]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
;Additional sources * {{cite news | url = https://www.avvenire.it/chiesa/pagine/cei-cardinale-zuppi-conferenza-stampa-assemblea-generale | language = it | work = Avvenire | title = Assemblea Cei. Il cardinale Zuppi: contro gli abusi la via nuova della Chiesa in Italia | first = Mimmo | last = Muolo | date = 27 May 2022}}
==External links== * {{Wikiquote-inline}}
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