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| - Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942 in Merate, Italy) is the current President of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Pope Benedict, it has been said, did not simply give his approval to this. He personally willed it, overcoming resistance. For years Ravasi has been a candidate for everything; he was even in the running for archbishop of Milan, but he has always been stuck at the gate. His first books were of pure biblical exegesis, like the three imposing volumes of his commentary on the Psalms. And so came the revelation of Ravasi as a great populariser. If today the Sacred Scriptures have become familiar to many in Italy, this is due in large part to this priest born in the Brianza region, in Merate, in 1942. As a professor of exegesis in the theological faculty of Milan, Ravasi immediately stuck out as extraordinary. He knew how to make himself understood by all, with simple words, within and above all outside of the academic halls. In 1989 the post of prefect of the Ambrosian Library and Gallery, in Milan, remained unoccupied, it was natural that the appointment should go to him, a great expert not only in ancient and modern books, but also in art and music. With Ravasi as prefect, the institution founded in 1607 by Federigo Cardinal Borromeo got a jolt of celebrity unequaled in its four centuries of history. In 2005 it seemed done; the bishopric of Assisi was ready for him: a small diocese, but of great importance worldwide. Then on 25 June, the Congregation for Bishops gathered its members for the final examination, on the table appeared the clippings of an article Ravasi published on 31 March 2002 in the Sunday supplement of the economics and finance newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore”. The article was about Easter, and the headline read: “He was not raised; he arose.” Brows were furrowed; some said this was an attack on correct doctrine. Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re, prefect of the congregation, withdrew his candidacy. On 2 September 2007 he was appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church and President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology. On 29 September he was ordained bishop by Pope Benedict XVI with the dignity of titular archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari. Before becoming member of the Roman Curia, he was prefect of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy. As per tradition it is expected that Archbishop Ravasi will be created a Cardinal-Deacon at the next consistory sometime in the future by Pope Benedict possibly in 2010. Some commentators have claimed that Archbishop Ravasi will be the next Archbishop of Milan, replacing Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi. However,the same writers would consider him papabile in either position . (en)
- Gianfranco Ravasi est un prélat italien, bibliste et hébraïsant renommé, né à Merate le 18 octobre 1942. Il est particulièrement célèbre en Italie, aussi bien pour ses nombreux ouvrages (une cinquantaine) que pour certaines émissions religieuses, notamment de vulgarisation, sur la chaîne Canale 5. Il intervient souvent dans le quotidien italien Avvenire et l'hebdomadaire Famiglia Cristiana. Il est président du conseil pontifical pour la culture (fr)
- Gianfranco Ravasi (ur. 1942 w Merate), włoski biskup katolicki, biblista, specjalista od języka hebrajskiego. W 1966 uzyskał święcenia kapłańskie w Mediolanie. Jest prefektem Biblioteki-Pinakoteki Ambrozjańskiej i wykładowcą teologii biblijnej na Wydziale Teologicznym Północnych Włoch. Od 1995 jest członkiem Papieskiej Komisji Biblijnej. Ravasi jest też autorem rozważań Drogi Krzyżowej w rzymskim Koloseum w 2007. 3 września 2007 papież Benedykt XVI powołał go na prezydenta Papieskiej Rady Kultury. Sakrę biskupią przyjął 29 września z rąk papieża. Gianfranco Ravasi popularny jest we Włoszech jako popularyzator Pisma Świętego. Prowadzi programy w telewizji, publikuje w prasie. Od lat 80. wydaje też pozycje książkowe na temat Biblii, m.in. komentarze do różnych ksiąg biblijnych. (pl)
- Ordinato presbitero per l'arcidiocesi di Milano il 28 giugno 1966 dal card. Giovanni Colombo, monsignor Ravasi è docente di Esegesi Biblica alla Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale e membro della Pontificia Commissione Biblica. Fino al settembre 2007 è stato Prefetto della Biblioteca Ambrosiana, la grande biblioteca lombarda fondata dal cardinale Federico Borromeo. Noto al grande pubblico sia per le numerose opere, di cui molte a carattere divulgativo, sia per alcuni programmi televisivi sempre di divulgazione religiosa, dal 1980 al 2002 ha tenuto cicli di incontri di lectio divina presso il Centro Studi San Fedele di Milano, tendenzialmente durante la Quaresima e l'Avvento di ogni anno, nel corso dei quali ha commentato di volta in volta libri dell'Antico e del Nuovo Testamento, conducendo un folto pubblico in un articolato percorso di profonda lettura delle Scritture. Il 22 giugno 1995 è stato nominato da Giovanni Paolo II Protonotario Apostolico Soprannumerario. Le meditazioni della tradizionale Via Crucis al Colosseo presieduta dal papa sono state affidate nel 2007 da Benedetto XVI a Monsignor Ravasi. Il 3 settembre 2007 il Sommo Pontefice lo ha nominato Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura, Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per i Beni Culturali della Chiesa e presidente della Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra, eleggendolo contestualmente a tali nomine alla dignità di Arcivescovo della sede titolare di Villamagna di Proconsolare. Ha ricevuto la consacrazione episcopale nella Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano da Papa Benedetto XVI in persona, il 29 settembre 2007. Il 20 novembre 2007 gli è stata conferita la laurea ad honorem in Antropologia ed Epistemologia delle Religioni presso l'Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo" dove ha tenuto una lectio magistralis su "La Bibbia come grande codice della cultura occidentale". Monsignor Ravasi collabora da anni con i quotidiani "Il Sole 24 Ore" ed "Avvenire", il settimanale "Famiglia Cristiana" ed il mensile "Jesus". (it)
- Gianfranco Ravasi (* 18. Oktober 1942 in Merate, Provinz Lecco, Italien) ist Kurienerzbischof und Präsident des Päpstlichen Rates für die Kultur. (de)
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| - Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942 in Merate, Italy) is the current President of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Pope Benedict, it has been said, did not simply give his approval to this. (en)
- Gianfranco Ravasi est un prélat italien, bibliste et hébraïsant renommé, né � Merate le 18 octobre 1942. (fr)
- Gianfranco Ravasi (ur. 1942 w Merate), włoski biskup katolicki, biblista, specjalista od języka hebrajskiego. W 1966 uzyskał święcenia kapłańskie w Mediolanie. (pl)
- Ordinato presbitero per l'arcidiocesi di Milano il 28 giugno 1966 dal card. Giovanni Colombo, monsignor Ravasi è docente di Esegesi Biblica alla Facolt� Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale e membro della Pontificia Commissione Biblica. (it)
- Gianfranco Ravasi (* 18. Oktober 1942 in Merate, Provinz Lecco, Italien) ist Kurienerzbischof und Präsident des Päpstlichen Rates für die Kultur. (de)
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