demands that the Church denounce divorcees who were candidates for political office in the 1990s, he said the Church should be more concerned with their voting record. When in 2009 the Italian Court of Cassation declared there was no substantial difference in law between a family based on marriage and one resulting from cohabitation, he reacted by saying that, in the light of recent sociological studies that reveal the benefits to society of what is called the traditional family and the disadvantages for society of single-parent families and those of cohabiting couples, the traditional family is needed more than ever today both for family members and for society as a whole. References External links Papabili list for 2009 at "Popes-and-Papacy" Profile on Catholic Hierarchy 1936 births Living people People from Todi 21st-century Italian cardinals Roman Catholic archbishops of Florence Pontifical Council for the Family Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II Members of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Pontifical Roman Seminary alumni University of Perugia alumni Pontifical Lateran University alumni