The Archbishopric of Paraná (Argentina) encouraged the faithful to pray for the health of Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic, 99, the second most old man in the world and one of the editors of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
“On Saturday, May 10, Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic suffered cardiac decompensation. As a precaution he was referred to the La Entrerriana Sanatorium, where he remains admitted to the Intensive Care Unit,” said a communication of the archbishopric published this Sunday, May 11.
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After pointing out that the purple “evolves favorably”, the statement indicates that “for the moment the visits are not allowed. We thank God for his recovery and invite the community to pray for their health.”
Estanislao Esteban Karlic was born in Oliva, a town in the Argentine province of Córdoba, on February 7, 1926.
Being part of a family of Croatian immigrants, its trajectory includes great milestones: it is a doctor in theology from the Gregorian University of Rome, was Archbishop of Paraná, president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference during two mandates, and also One of the editors of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
He worked as a professor of Theology and Superior of Philosophy at the Major Seminary of Córdoba, and received the academic degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at the Catholic University of Santa Fe.
In an interview with ACI Press in 2024, when he turned 98, the Cardinal encouraged everyone to “look for God, to know that here and now he is coming, that he wants to arrive, and in the here and now he wants to take care of us, asking us for integers. Here and now he is calling us towards eternity.”
“I want to get to God because I know that God is coming to me. And he loves me holy, no less,” he said.
Archbishop Angelo Acerbi is the oldest cardinal in the world, also 99 years old, but born on September 23, 1925.
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