ROME — Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic, 71, archbishop of Toronto, was in Rome in mid-June working with the Pontifical Council for the Laity on preparations for World Youth Day 2002, which will take ...

Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic was born on Jan. 27, 1930, in Gabrje, Slovenia. As the Second World War drew to a close, his family crossed the border into Austria where they lived in refugee ...

His exposure to the worst excesses of fascism and communism in Eastern Europe aligned him nicely with another prelate who had similar experiences: Pope John Paul II, who named Ambrozic a cardinal ...