Nostra Aetate - In Our Time

7 Opening remarks His Eminence Cardinal Christoph Schönborn Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has been Archbishop of Vienna since 1995 and Cardinal since 1998. He has been decorated with many medals and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, the Congregation of the Faith, the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and the Congregation for Catholic Education. He is also a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and of the Council for Promoting the New Evangelization and a member of the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops. Cardinal Schönborn holds multiple honorary doctor- ates and has authored numerous books. Career summary v 1963: Became a member of the Dominican Order v Studied theology, philosophy and psychology at var- ious universities including École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne v 1970: Ordained a priest in Vienna v 1974: Completed PhD in theology v 1973–1975: Made chaplain in Graz v 1975–1991: Professor of Dogmatic Theology and the Christian East at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Fribourg, Switzerland v 1980: Member of the International Theological Com- mission of the Holy See v 1987: Editorial Secretary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church v 1991: Ordained Bishop at St. Stephan, Vienna v 1995: Archbishop of Vienna and Metropolitan Bishop of the Viennese ecclesiastical province and Ordinarius for the Byzantine Rite faithful in Austria v 1998: Became Cardinal. Cardinal Schönborn lecturing at a seminary, Santiago, Chile © Emmanuel Fleckenstein, Medienhaus der Erzdiözese Wien