Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Catholic power broker in Italy’s culture wars, dies at 95
Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini reads Pope John Paul II’s letter during a Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica for the Church’s World Day of the Sick, at the Vatican, Feb. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A close ally of St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, Ruini led the Italian bishops through some of the country’s fiercest battles over secularism, bioethics and the church’s role in public life.
