After the first meeting held on 11 April 1969 in the convent of the Divine Master in Ariccia, in the Vatican he supervised the development of work on the ecumenical dialogue between the Church and Freemasonry.[2]
In 1974, the Congregation published a "Declaration on procured abortion", re-asserting the Church's opposition to the procedure since the publication of Humanae Vitae. It later published the document Persona Humana[3] on the topic of sexual ethics.
Pope John Paul II accepted Šeper's resignation as Prefect on 25 November 1981. He died on 30 December in Gemelli Hospital, where he had been hospitalized for a month.[4] John Paul presided at his funeral Mass, and Šeper's body was later transferred to Zagreb, where it is buried beside the tomb of Cardinal Stepinac.[citation needed]
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^Sacred Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration in Defense of the Catholic Doctrine on the Church against certain errors of the present day, published 24 June 1973, accessed 16 November 2021
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Franjo Seper news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Franjo Seper 2 October 1905 30 December 1981 was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church He served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965 Before that he served as the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1969 His EminenceFranjo SeperCardinalPrefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithArchbishop of ZagrebChurchRoman CatholicArchdioceseZagrebAppointed8 January 1968Term ended25 November 1981PredecessorAlojzije StepinacSuccessorFranjo KuharicOther post s Cardinal Priest of SS Pietro e Paolo a Via OstienseOrdersOrdination26 October 1930by Giuseppe PalicaConsecration21 September 1954by Josip UjcicCreated cardinal22 February 1965RankCardinal PriestPersonal detailsBorn 1905 10 02 2 October 1905Osijek Croatia Slavonia Austria HungaryDied30 December 1981 1981 12 30 aged 76 Rome ItalyNationalityCroatian Yugoslavian Previous post s Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb 1954 1960 Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia 1954 1960 Coat of arms Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith 2 Death and legacy 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditBorn in Osijek in the Austro Hungarian Kingdom of Croatia Slavonia present day Croatia he and his family moved to Zagreb in 1910 his father was a tailor and his mother a seamstress He started his seminary studies in Zagreb then at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Giuseppe Palica on 26 October 1930 His first pastoral assignments were in the Archdiocese of Zagreb and in 1934 was appointed private secretary to the Archbishop In 1941 father Seper became the rector of the archdiocesan seminary a post which he held for the next decade On 22 July 1954 he was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb and Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis he received his episcopal consecration on the following 21 September from Archbishop Josip Ujcic of Belgrade He succeeded Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac as Archbishop of Zagreb on 5 March 1960 and was created Cardinal Priest of Ss Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense by Pope Paul VI in the consistory of 22 February 1965 Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Franjo Seper news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message He was named Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF on 8 January 1968 Seper was also the President of the International Theological Commission from its inception in April 1969 and the author of the 1973 document Mysterium Ecclesiae 1 which was written in order to re orient the ecclesiology of the post Vatican II period After the first meeting held on 11 April 1969 in the convent of the Divine Master in Ariccia in the Vatican he supervised the development of work on the ecumenical dialogue between the Church and Freemasonry 2 In 1974 the Congregation published a Declaration on procured abortion re asserting the Church s opposition to the procedure since the publication of Humanae Vitae It later published the document Persona Humana 3 on the topic of sexual ethics In 1976 he was responsible for writing the statement Inter Insigniores which firmly rejected the ordination of women in the Catholic Church Inter Insigniores does not apply to the question of ordaining women as deacons in the Catholic Churches In 1980 he also wrote the CDF s declaration on Euthanasia explaining the Church s view on ending life citation needed Seper was a cardinal elector in the August and October conclaves of 1978 citation needed Death and legacy EditPope John Paul II accepted Seper s resignation as Prefect on 25 November 1981 He died on 30 December in Gemelli Hospital where he had been hospitalized for a month 4 John Paul presided at his funeral Mass and Seper s body was later transferred to Zagreb where it is buried beside the tomb of Cardinal Stepinac citation needed References Edit Sacred Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith Declaration in Defense of the Catholic Doctrine on the Church against certain errors of the present day published 24 June 1973 accessed 16 November 2021 Sandro Magister 19 August 1999 Tra il papa e il massone non c e comunione L Espresso Persona Humana vatican va accessed 18 March 2016 Cardinal Seper Dies in Rome Vatican Guardian of the Faith The New York Times 31 December 1981 Retrieved 8 August 2017 External links EditMichael Davies s account of his 1980 meeting with Seper Audio recordings with Franjo Seper in the Online Archive of the Osterreichische Mediathek Interviews in German Retrieved 2 March 2020Catholic Church titlesPreceded byAlojzije Stepinac Archbishop of Zagreb1960 1969 Succeeded byFranjo KuharicPreceded byAlfredo Ottaviani Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith1968 1981 Succeeded byJoseph RatzingerPreceded byTitular Church Created Cardinal Priest of Ss Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense1965 1981 Succeeded byRicardo Vidal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Franjo Seper amp oldid 1178163388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
