Giuseppe Casale

Giuseppe Casale (born September 28, 1923) is an Italian historian and Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Giuseppe Casale
Archbishop of Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino (emeritus)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino
In office1988 - 1999
PredecessorSalvatore De Giorgi
SuccessorDomenico Umberto D’Ambrosio
Orders
OrdinationFebruary 3, 1946
Personal details
Born (1923-09-28) September 28, 1923
Trani, Italy
Previous postPrelate

Life

Casale was born in Trani, Italy and was ordained a priest on February 3, 1946. He studied theology and history, and was a professor of Church History and Italian History from 1949 to 1953 at the Catholic colleges of Trani and Molfetta. After this, he was publishing pastoral magazines. He was appointed bishop to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della Lucania on October 26, 1974 and ordained bishop December 8, 1974. He was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino on May 7, 1988 and remained in that post until his retirement on May 27, 1999.[1]

As a bishop, he spoke often on controversial political and theological issues, and gained a reputation as left-wing and progressive.[1] He advocated the possibility for women to become Catholic cardinals,[2] and suggested that the Catholic Church should not oppose state legislation on same-sex marriage and consider in the future giving “a blessing from the Lord” to same-sex couples.[3] He also served as president of CESNUR.[4] In 1993, he published a pastoral letter, New Religiosity and New Evangelization, where he challenged the prevailing Catholic attitude on new religious movements, suggesting that the Catholic Church should not limit itself to criticism, but reflect on why the new movements are successful, and open a cautious dialogue with some of these groups.[5]

References
  1. Dell’Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo (2008). "Casale, Giuseppe". Catalogo dei viventi. Venezia: Marsilio. p. 402. ISBN 978-8831795999.
  2. "Casale, vescovo di Foggia: "Sì alle donne cardinale"". Corriere della Sera. 1 November 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. Eronia, Daniela (11 October 2015). ""Diavolo" di un Monsignore". Il Mattino di Puglia e Basilicata. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. Flint, Donna (1990). "CESNUR Seminar on New Religious Movements". Religion Today. 6 (1): 15. doi:10.1080/13537909008580638. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. Olivieri Pennesi, Alessandro (2007). "La Chiesa e le comunità cristiane di fronte ai nuovi movimenti religiosi e alla New Age". In Fizzotti, Eugenio (ed.). Sette e nuovi movimenti religiosi. MIlan: Edizioni Paoline. pp. 226–227. ISBN 978-8831533270.

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