Cardinal, Whom John Paul II Punished for Being Honest, Died
In his life, De Magistris was a parish priest, collaborator of the Holy Office, especially of Cardinal Ottaviani, an early and prophetic critic of the disastrous Vatican II.
De Magistris became the Pro-Major Penitentiary in 2001. He publicly opposed the 2002 canonisation of Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of the [opportunistic] Opus Dei. As a punishment, John Paul II never made him a Cardinal sending him into retirement after less than three years.
In February 2015, De Magistris became a Cardinal at 89. He learned the news while hearing confessions in Cagliari Cathedral.
Picture: Luigi Graf de Magistris, © wikicommons CC BY-SA, #newsZjlqkpavec
