Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Power Broker, Dies at 94 He rose to the second-highest-ranking position in the Roman Catholic Church, but his reputation was stained by his handling of sex-abuse cases.

This happens, after all, also because Vatican diplomats always remain in dialogue; they never leave the field. A portrait of Cardinal Angelo Sodano (1927-2022). Mondarte via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A portrait of Cardinal Angelo Sodano (1927-2022). Mondarte via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Angelo Raffaele Sodano, the second of six children, was born in 1927 in Isola d’Asti, northwestern Italy.

A portrait of Cardinal Angelo Sodano (1927-2022). | Mondarte via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Angelo Raffaele Sodano, the second of six children, was born in 1927 in Isola d’Asti, northwestern Italy.

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former secretary of state of John Paul II, who died on May 27, at the age of 94, was the most powerful and feared man in the Vatican for more than three decades.

VATICAN CITY -Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex ...

Italian cardinal Angelo Sodano, right-hand man to former popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, has died at the age of 94, the Vatican announced yesterday. The Vatican power-broker ...

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church’s most notorious sex abusers, has died ...

Pope Francis, right, greets Cardinal Angelo Sodano at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (Credit: L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP.) Listen ROME – Given the death late Friday of ...

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