Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
Joseph Bernardin
Born: April 2, 1928
Died: November 14, 1996 (aged 68)
Bio: Joseph Louis Bernardin was an American Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Cincinnati from 1972 until 1982, and as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death in 1996 from pancreatic cancer.
Known for:
- The Gift of Peace
- Consistent ethic of life (1988)
- Catholic Common Ground Initiative
- The journey to peace








