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Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL (19 September 1935 – 9 September 2017), was an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for the religious institute of the Legionaries of Christ.
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Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL (19 September 1935 – 9 September 2017), was an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for the religious institute of the Legionaries of Christ.
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Early life De Paolis was born in 1935 in Sonnino, Latina, and took his final vows as a member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) on 4 October 1958. He completed his studies in Rome and received his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University, a licentiate in theology from the faculty of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, and a law degree from La Sapienza University. He was ordained to the priesthood on 18 March 1961 and after 1971 taught canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1987 he became professor of canon law at the Pontifical Urban University, where he became dean in 1998.
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Curial service On 30 December 2003, De Paolis was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura and Titular Bishop of Thelepte by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on 21 February 2004 from Cardinal Angelo Sodano, with Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, CS, and Bishop Francesco Saverio Salerno serving as co-consecrators. In response to the murder of two priests in Turkey and Nigeria, he declared, "Enough now with this turning the other cheek! It's our duty to protect ourselves...The West has had relations with the Arab countries for half a century, mostly for oil, and has not been able to get the slightest concession on human rights." De Paolis was named President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See by Pope Benedict XVI on 12 April 2008, also being promoted to Titular Archbishop of Thelepte. As President, he essentially served as the chief auditor for the Vatican. Refusing to allow the film adaption of Dan Brown's novel Angels & Demons to be filmed at churches in Rome, De Paolis said that Brown had "turned the gospels upside down to poison the faith...It would be unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous…
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Handling On 26 October 2011 it was reported that disillusioned members were leaving the order as they lose faith that the Vatican will push through the necessary changes. De Paolis said in an interview that Pope Benedict tasked him only with guiding the Legion and helping rewrite its norms – not "decapitating" its leadership or avenging wrongdoing. De Paolis ruled out any further investigation into the crimes of Marciel Maciel. He added, "I don't see what good would be served" by further inquiry into a coverup. "Rather, we would run the risk of finding ourselves in an intrigue with no end. Because these are things that are too private for me to go investigating." Reports estimate 70 of the 890 Legion priests and upwards of a third of the movement's 900 consecrated women have left or are taking time away to ponder their future. De Paolis defended his commitment and approach to the reform, saying he had "inserted" himself into the Legion's administration, expanded the Legion's governing council, and shuffled some superiors around. He said he hasn't dismissed any superiors outright because he needs them to learn the complex details of the order's structure, culture and finances. He said his…
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Vatileaks scandal In October 2012, de Paolis told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that there was precedent for the Pope to pardon Paolo Gabriele, who had been found guilty of stealing confidential papal documents and leaking them to the media. Asked whether Gabriele would be jailed or pardoned, de Paolis said only the Pope could decide, but he added: "I feel I can say that, with a full confession of honest remorse and the absolute certainty that the crime cannot be committed again, popes have always issued, in favour of the condemned, measures dictated by the mercy that is the essence of the Church, which is always close to her children, even those found guilty."
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Death He died in Rome on 9 September 2017, 10 days short of his 82nd birthday.