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Conclave

Meet the conclave: Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline

How early grief and hardship shaped his leadership in Marseille.

The Pillar
May 06, 2025
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In 1962, when Jean-Marc Aveline was almost four years old, his family hurriedly packed up their belongings and left Algeria, where they had lived for four generations.

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline. Screenshot from @diocesedemarseille13 YouTube channel.

The Avelines were pieds-noirs — settlers of European descent born on North African soil — and saw no futur…

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