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   CARDINAL NAVARRETE EDUCATED PEOPLE IN TRUE JUSTICE   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 24 NOV 2010 (VIS) - Following today's general audience, the Holy   
   Father went to the altar of the Cathedra in the Vatican Basilica, where he   
   presided at the rites of "Ultima Commendatio" and "Valedictio" at the end of   
   the funeral Mass for Cardinal Urbano Navarrete S.J., who died on 22 November at   
   the age of 90. The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the   
   College of Cardinals.   
      
   In his homily, the Holy Father described the late Spanish cardinal as a "master   
   of justice. The meticulous study and impassioned teaching of canon law were the   
   central element of his life. Educating the young generations in true justice,   
   the justice of Christ, the justice of the Gospel, was the ministry Cardinal   
   Navarrete accomplished over the course of his life".   
      
   The Pope then went on to recall how Cardinal Navarrete was, "in particular, an   
   expert on marriage law". He was dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the   
   Pontifical Gregorian University, and rector of the university itself. Pope   
   Benedict also highlighted the cardinal's "interest in important ecclesial   
   events, such as the diocesan synod of Rome and Vatican Council II, his   
   competent scholarly contributions to the revision of the Code of Canon Law and   
   his fruitful collaboration with various dicasteries of the Roman Curia as a   
   highly-esteemed consultant".   
      
   Cardinal Navarrete "used to say that three fundamental principles guided him in   
   his studies: great love for the past and for tradition; ... sensitivity towards   
   the problems, needs and challenges of the present where God has placed us and,   
   finally, the capacity to look and open oneself to the future, not with fear but   
   with hope, the hope that comes from faith. This profoundly Christian vision   
   guided his efforts for God, for the Church and for man in his teaching and his   
   works".   
      
   "The shining truth of faith in eternal life comforts us each time we bid our   
   final farewell to a deceased confrere. Cardinal Urbano Navarrete, spiritual son   
   of St. Ignatius of Loyola, ... loved Christ and lived in intimate union with   
   Him, especially in his prolonged periods of prayer". As a child, his own   
   parents "created a climate of profound Christian faith in their family,   
   favouring in their six children - of whom three became Jesuits and two nuns -   
   the courage to bear witness to their faith, not putting anything before the   
   love of Christ and doing everything for the greater glory of God".   
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