Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech\u2019s 94 years of life can be summed up in his episcopal motto: \u201cIn te Domine speravi\u201d (I put my trust in You, Lord). It\u2019s also the title of Ivan Marsura\u2019s book about the Cardinal\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
In 230 pages, Marsura summarizes the Augustinian prelate\u2019s contributions to theology. He also talks about the Cardinal\u2019s passion for photography, which resulted in a collection of about 50,000 photographs.<\/p>\n
The Augustinians remember him as a man of great simplicity and with a spirit of service, made especially evident when members of their community were sick.<\/p>\n
FR. ALEJANDRO MORAL ANT\u00d3N In 1969, Cardinal Prosper Grech founded the Augustinianum Institute for Patristic Studies, the most prestigious institution for studies related to the Fathers of the Church.<\/p>\n He was an academic widely remembered for his significant contributions to the Second Vatican Council, especially in collaboration with Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n FR. ALEJANDRO MORAL ANT\u00d3N<\/strong> In 2012, seven years before Grech\u2019s death, Pope Benedict XVI made him a Cardinal. But despite the new title, his way of life remained the same.<\/p>\n FR. ALEJANDRO MORAL ANT\u00d3N He was never able to vote at a conclave because he was over 80, but in 2013, after Benedict XVI resigned, he led the meditation prior to the casting of votes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<\/p>\n TR: CT<\/p>\n AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 17, 2021. \u201cHe was always a man of the Church, but at the same time very free, in the sense that he didn\u2019t feel burdened by Church norms. Instead he seemed liberated by them.\u201d That\u2019s how Fr. Alejandro Moral Ant\u00f3n remembers him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S3FA0JvZAWY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blibrocardinalegrecheng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blibrocardinalegrechint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Prior General, Order of St. Augustine
\n\u201cWhen I was studying in Rome, he came to see me. I was very surprised. We didn\u2019t know each other as well at the time. He came to see me and said, \u2018Look, no more excuses. Come study. We miss you.\u2019 I was moved by the care he showed me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPrior General, Order of St. Augustine
\n\u201cHe was always a man of the Church, but at the same time very free, in the sense that he didn\u2019t feel burdened by Church norms. Instead, he seemed liberated by them. And he was very important to the Second Vatican Council, to everyone. He opened many doors in the Biblical field.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Prior General, Order of St. Augustine
\n\u201cWe would see him walk by. He didn\u2019t wear any of the Cardinal\u2019s distinctive garb, only for the most formal ceremonies. We even invited him to move from the College where he lived to the General Curia. But he said he was happy at the College, and he stayed in his same room.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n