His predecessor, Card. Fernando Filoni, will replace Card. Edwin O'Brien as Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
He supported the Church's petition for forgiveness in 2000 and met with Saddam Hussein to try to stop the war in Iraq.
He says celibacy allows the Latin Church to be more missionary. He just published the book “Friends of the Bridegroom: For a Renewed Vision of Priestly Celibacy.”
