Quote of the day
The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.
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