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Basil Hume Quotes

1923–1999 England

Basil Hume OSB, OM (2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was a monk of the English Benedictine monastery of Ampleforth Abbey and for 13 years its abbot until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976. His elevation to a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church followed during the same year

England

Also known as: Basil Cardinal Hume

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We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.

The Observer Review (1995)

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.

For my part, he was God's candidate.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Basil Hume (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.