Antonio Caggiano

Antonio Caggiano ( Coronda , January 30 1889 - Buenos Aires , October 23 1979 ) was an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

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After graduating from the seminary of Santa Fe Antonio was there on March 23, 1912 priest ordained. In the period 1912-1934 he was mainly concerned with pastoral work. Here he was, among other active within the Catholic Action in Argentina. He also taught at the seminary of Santa Fe.

On September 13, 1934 was Antonio as the first bishop of the newly created diocese Rosario elected. [1] His ordination took on March 17, 1935 and was conducted byFilippo Cortesi, the nuncio in Argentina, assisted by Nicolás Fasolino , Archbishop of Santa Fe.

During the consistory of February 18, 1946 Antonio was Pope Pius XII created to cardinal-priest granting him the title church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna was allocated.During that time he offered on behalf of the Argentine government to the Vatican to meet asylum to provide to war criminals from Nazi Germany (see also Rats Line ), who were hiding in the Vatican. [2] [3] After the detection and kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann on May 11, 1960 from Argentina showed Antonio on December 23, 1960 on Eichmann, who had fled to Argentina to seek forgiveness, something the duty of every Christian would be to grant that. [3]

On behalf of the Pope, he acted as papal legate at the Mary Congress in Argentina (1954), the Congress of Catholic Education in La Paz (1948). He also took part in the First General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America in Rio de Janeiro (1955).

On August 15, 1959 he was appointed archbishop of Buenos Aires, followed on 14 December as military ordinariate of Argentina. In the 60s of the 20th century Antonio openly sympathized with the Argentine soldiers who acted fiercely against communist movements in the country. For the book Le Marxism-Leninism Jean Ousset Antonio wrote the foreword. In the book, the author claimed that Marxism could be contested only by "a deep-rooted belief, an unlimited obedience to the Holy Father, and a thorough knowledge of the doctrines of the church." [4]

Antonio participated in the conclaves of 1958 and 1963, but because of his age - in accordance with the motu proprio Ingravescentem Ætatem of Pope Paul VI - he was no longer eligible to vote in 1969 for a next conclave. This did not take part in the two conclaves of 1978.

On April 22, 1975 Antonio decided to take dismissal of his archdiocese. Antonio Caggiano died at the age of ninety and was buried in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires.