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Ritter was created Cardinal Priest of SS.
Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana by Pope John XXIII in the consistory of January 16, 1961.
Between 1962 and 1965, he participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome.
Ritter was viewed as a liberal.
He also protested against the Roman Curia's oppressive actions and Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani's draft on the sources of Revelation at the Council.
On his return to Saint Louis, many Catholics expected him to make several changes to the existing administrative structure to give priests and laity a greater role in Church governance, as recommended by the Council.
However, before he could implement such reforms, Ritter died from a heart attack at age 74, one month and ten days short of his next birthday.
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