Former head of Italian Catholic Church Ruini dies aged 95

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 17 - Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the head of the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1991 to 2007 and the Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome from 1991 to 2008, died on Tuesday at the age of 95. A leading figure among conservative Catholics, Ruini was close to John Paul II and a member of the College of Cardinals that elected Benedict XVI. Among other things he denied a Catholic funeral to artist and right-to-die activist Piergiorgo Welby after his death in 2006 and waged a rele...

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