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1. The Second International Conference
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+Godfried Cardinal Danneels was born in Kanegem (Province of West Flanders) on June 4, 1933. He is the eldest child of a family of six. After elementary school, he went to St. Jozef's High School in Tielt (1946-1951). From 1951 to 1954 he lived at the Leo XIII College of the Catholic University of Louvain and graduated from there with a Masters Degree in Philosophy. He was then sent to the Belgian College in Rome (1954-1959), was ordained a priest on August 17, 1957, and received a Doctor of Divinity degree at the Gregorian University (Rome) in 1961. In 1959, Mgr. De Smedt, Bishop of Bruges, appointed him as the spiritual director at the diocesan theological seminary of Bruges and professor Liturgy and Sacramental Theology. In 1969 he was placed in charge of the post-ordination training of the priests of the diocese and became professor at the Flemish Catholic University of Louvain. In 1977, Pope Paul VI appointed Father Danneels as Bishop of Antwerp. In 1979 Pope John Paul II appointed Mgr. Godfried Danneels as Archbishop of Malines-Brussels, succeeding Cardinal Suenens who resigned at the age of 75. Cardinal Danneels has served as a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for the Evangelization of the Nations, the Council for Public Affairs of the Church, the Congregation of Catholic Education, the Congregation of Divine Worship, the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Secretariat for Non-Believers. The Cardinal's scholarly interests lie in liturgical studies and his contributions in that field have gained him an international reputation. As a bishop, Mgr. Danneels's concerns involve the spiritual nurture of his clergy and laity and particularly the necessary spiritual renewal and teamwork between priests and lay-persons. He is an executive committee member of the Cardinal Suenens Center.
