World & Nation
Cardinal Francis Arinze shares John Paul’s conservatism, but he is also a champion of ‘inculturation,’ or incorporating African culture into Catholic worship.
March 17, 2001
VATICAN CITY--Pope John Paul II assigned Cardinal Francis Arinze to a key post with authority over liturgy this week in a reshuffle of the Vatican Curia.
Oct. 5, 2002
RELIGIONS FOR PEACE: A Call for Solidarity to the Religions of the World; By Francis Cardinal Arinze; Doubleday: 146 pp., $17.95
April 13, 2002
Pope John Paul II shuffled the Vatican’s administration, giving a key post to a Nigerian cardinal often mentioned as a possible papal successor.
Oct. 2, 2002
The following are the Roman Catholic clerics elevated to the rank of cardinal Saturday by Pope John Paul II: Francis Arinze (Nigerian), Giacomo Biffi (Italian), Rosalio Jose Castillo Lara (Venezuelan), Luigi Dadaglio (Italian), Albert Decourtray (French), Andrzej Deskur (Polish), Juan Francisco Fresno Larrain (Chilean), Edouard Gagnon (Canadian), Angel Suquia Goicoechea (Spanish), Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (Polish), Jean Jerome Hamer (Belgian), Antonio Innocenti (Italian), Bernard Law (American), Simon Lourdusamy (Indian), Myroslav Lubachivsky (Ukrainian), Augustin Mayer (W.
May 26, 1985
Cardinals Roger M. Mahony and Francis Arinze will honor the African immigrant community in a Mass on Sunday.
July 19, 2003
A senior cardinal says politicians who support legal abortion must be denied Communion.
April 24, 2004
Politics
Democratic presidential candidate John F.
April 25, 2004
California
L.A.’s Nigerian community turns out in traditional costume for a very special event.
July 20, 2003
In a message marking the approaching end of Ramadan, the Vatican has invited Muslims to join Roman Catholics in an effort to “protect and promote” human values threatened by technological change.
Dec. 1, 2001