Cardinal, Catholic archbishop and Italian biblical scholar, theologian and Hebraist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born in 1942 at Merate (Lecco, Italy), an expert on the bible and biblical languages, he was Prefect of the Biblioteca-Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan, he also taught Old Testament Exegesis at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy. An Archbishop since 2007, he was created cardinal by Benedict XVI in 2010. He was appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology in 2007. To his name are some 150 volumes published mainly on biblical and literary topics, and in the sphere of dialogue with science. His most important publications include editions on the Psalms and the Book of Job, the Song of Songs and Ecclesiasticus. Cardinal Ravasi collaborated for many years with newspapers \u2013 including L\u2019Osservatore Romano, Avvenire and Il Sole 24 Ore \u2013 and had his own television programme Le frontiere dello Spirito on the Italian mainstream Canale 5. Appointed member of some 20 Italian and International Academies \u2013 including the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, and the Parsnassos Literary Academy of Athens \u2013 he received many prizes from civil and literary bodies as well as some 20 honorary degrees from universities around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13584,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n