Francesco Coccopalmerio

Francesco Coccopalmerio (2002)

Francesco Coccopalmerio (6 March 1938 –) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milan and as the president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

Quotes

• A divided Church is against the will of Jesus Christ and is anti-missionary and anti-evangelizing. We should use every means possible, such as prayer, to fulfill Jesus' will. Loving the Church, for priests, means realizing that this is not going well. We need to maintain Christ's spirit and bear witness to unity.
  • Interfaith relations in the realization of the Church's mission, focus of the International Conference of Canonists in Czestochowa (11 September 2009) Fides News Agency

• If I knew with moral certitude that this is a sin, maybe I would not have put myself in that condition. But now I already find myself there: How can I go back? It is one thing to begin, another to interrupt.
  • Cardinal Coccopalmerio Explains His Positions on Catholics in Irregular Unions (1 March 2017)