Cardinal ruini biography

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar General emeritus of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome,Archpriest emeritus of the Papal Lateran Basilica,Grand Chancellor emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University andPresident emeritus of "Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem", was born on 19 February 1931 in Sassuolo, province of Modena, diocese of Reggio Emilia.

Having studied philosophy and theology in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, as a student of the Almo Collegio Capranica, he obtained a licentiate in philosophy and theology.

He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1954.

In 1957 he returned to Reggio Emilia and taught philosophy at the diocesan seminary until 1968. From 1968 until 1986 he taught dogmatic theology at the ‘Studio Teologico Interdiocesano di Modena-Reggio-Emilia-Carpi-Guastalla’, where he was also headmaster from 1968 to 1977.

From 1977 to 1983 he taught dogmatic theology at the ‘Studio Teologico Accademico Bolognese’. From 1958 to 1966 he ser