Hume, Basil Cardinal

Hume, Basil Cardinal
▪ 2000

      Roman Catholic prelate (b. March 2, 1923, Newcastle upon Tyne, Eng.—d. June 17, 1999, London, Eng.), served as the ninth archbishop of Westminister and led the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales with great diplomacy and grace through 23 years of turmoil. The son of a Scottish Protestant father and a French Catholic mother, George Hume attended Ampleforth College, a Benedictine school in North Yorkshire, and entered the Ampleforth monastery as a novice at the age of 18; he chose the name Basil when he took his monk's vows in 1945. He studied history at the University of Oxford and theology at the University of Fribourg, Switz. He was ordained a priest in 1950; he taught modern languages and theology and coached rugby at Ampleforth, where he became abbot in 1963. As a little-known monk far from London, he was a surprise choice to be named cardinal in 1976. He lobbied politicians to relieve the plight of African refugees as well as the debt of Third World countries, to release prisoners wrongly accused of crimes, and to end arms sales to dictatorships. His statements on homosexuals (“[they] should not develop a sense of guilt or think of themselves as unpleasing to God”) and Catholics who used birth control (“often good, conscientious, and faithful sons and daughters of the church”) were controversial. He also resisted Vatican pressure to appoint conservative priests to British posts. A major test of his tact occurred when the Church of England voted for the ordination of women (1992) and thousands of Anglicans converted to Catholicism as a result; Hume maintained good relations with the Anglican leadership during this time, even while accepting married Anglican clergymen into the Catholic priesthood. A man of prayer who emphasized God's love, he was noted for his humility and compassion. In June 1999 he was awarded the Order of Merit, becoming the first Catholic bishop to receive the honour.

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