Editing Pope Clement XIV (section)

==Priesthood and cardinalate==
Ganganelli was ordained around this time after he received his doctorate and he taught philosophy and theology for almost a decade in [[Ascoli Piceno|Ascoli]], [[Bologna]], and [[Milan]]. He later returned to Rome as the regent of the college that he studied at and was later elected as the [[Definitor generalis|Definitor General]] of the order in 1741.<ref name=Wilhelm>{{cite web| url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04034a.htm| title = Wilhelm, Joseph. "Pope Clement XIV." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 5 Jan. 2015}}</ref> In the general chapters of his order in 1753 and 1756, he declined the generalship of his order and some rumored it was due to his desire of a higher office.<ref name="Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church"/>

Ganganelli became a friend of [[Pope Benedict XIV]], who in 1758 appointed him to investigate the issue of the traditional [[blood libel]] regarding the [[Jews]], which Ganganelli found to be untrue.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jrbooksonline.com/PDFs/Roth%20Ritual%20Murder%20Libel%20JR.pdf| title = Ganganelli, Lorenzo. "The Ritual Murder Libel and the Jew", (Cecil Roth ed.), The Woburn Press, 1934}}</ref>

[[File:Cardinale Giovanni Vincenzo Ganganelli.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Cardinal Ganganelli.]]
[[Pope Clement XIII]] elevated Ganganelli to the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinalate]] on 24 September 1759 and appointed him as the Cardinal-Priest of [[San Lorenzo in Panisperna]]. His elevation came at the insistence of [[Lorenzo Ricci]], who was the [[Superior-General of the Society of Jesus]].

Ganganelli opted to become the Cardinal-Priest of [[Santi Apostoli, Rome|Santi Apostoli]] in 1762.<ref>[http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/Clem14.html Adams, John Paul. "Clement XIV", CSUN, January 17, 2010]</ref> In 1768 he was named the "ponens" of the cause of [[beatification]] of [[Juan de Palafox y Mendoza]].<ref name="Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church"/>