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‘Bicycling Cardinal’ is New Leader of Italy’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Daniel Ibáñez/CNACardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy, in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 5, 2019.

Cardinal Zuppi succeeds 80-year-old Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, who led the bishops’ conference for a five-year term beginning in 2017.