1. Franc Rode is a Slovenian cardinal of the Catholic Church.
17 Facts About Franc Rode
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Franc Rode is the prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having served as prefect from 2004 to 2011.
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Franc Rode was raised to the rank of cardinal-priest on 20 June 2016 by Pope Francis.
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Franc Rode was born in Rodica near Ljubljana, in Yugoslavia.
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Franc Rode entered the Congregation of the Mission, more commonly known as the Vincentians or Lazarists, in Buenos Aires in 1952, making his perpetual profession in 1957.
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Franc Rode is fluent in Slovene, Spanish, Italian, French, and German.
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In 1965, at the request of his superiors, Franc Rode returned to Yugoslavia, where he worked as vice-pastor, director of studies and provincial visitor of the Lazarists, and professor of fundamental theology and Missiology at the Theological Faculty of Ljubljana.
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In 1978, Franc Rode was made consultor of the Secretariat for Non-Believers in the Roman Curia, being transferred to that dicastery in 1981 and rising to become its Undersecretary in 1982.
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Franc Rode successfully guided the negotiations for a new concordat to final approval in 2004.
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Franc Rode was created a Cardinal Deacon by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 March 2006.
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Franc Rode's motto is a phrase in Old Slovene, "Stati inu obstati", taken from the Catechism of Primoz Trubar, which is inscribed on the Slovenian 1 euro coin.
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Franc Rode returned to the Roman Curia upon his nomination as prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on 11 February 2004.
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Until his 80th birthday, Franc Rode was a member of the various offices in the Roman Curia: congregations of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; for Bishops; for the Evangelization of Peoples; for Catholic Education; Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei.
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Franc Rode was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
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Franc Rode denied the allegations and expressed willingness to submit to a DNA test.
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Franc Rode announced lawsuits against the media for alleged breaches of his right to privacy.
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In October 2012, the alleged child, Peter Stelzer, and the alleged father, Franc Rode, performed a DNA test of fatherhood at the Institute for Legal Medicine in Munich.