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Nature of the diocese of Asti, Italy, where he was ordained priest in 1950. In 1959 he moved to Rome and entered into service for the Holy See as secretary Nunciatures in Latin America and reaching the title of Monsignor (Chaplain was appointed by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on the day he was elected) before becoming official Council of the Roman Curia for public affairs of the Church in 1968.
On 30 November 1977 and was appointed nuncio Archbishop holder of Chile, one of the countries which had served as secretary of nunciature. While serving as nuncio, began a lasting friendship with Augusto Pinochet, and was criticized for not speaking out on violations of human rights in Chile. He returned to Asti to be consecrated bishop before taking office. He returned to Rome in 1988 as secretary of the council for public affairs of the Church, which in 1989 became the Section for Relations with States of the Secretary of State. (Sometimes the occupant of this position is called on an informal “foreign minister of the Vatican).
In 1994, John Paul II appointed him cardinal bishop of the diocese of Albano suburban and 30 November 2002, exactly twenty-five years after it was appointed bishop, was elected dean of the College of Cardinals to succeed Joseph Ratzinger, who became Dean in turn. With the election of Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, Sodano perform the functions of the dean and papal inauguration on April 30, was formally ratified in his post by the six cardinals suburban bishops.
As secretary of state, Cardinal Sodano was the main celebrant at the mass funeral of Cardinal John O’Connor, archbishop of New York. When I get to 75 years in 2002, Pope John Paul explicitly invite him to continue as secretary of state, but this is the normal retirement age for heads of departments of the Vatican (there is no retirement age for Dean or Vicedecanato ).
With the death of John Paul II served as Sodano as secretary of state expired. Cardinal Sodano While this above the usual age of retirement, was renewed in his post by Benedict XVI on April 21, 2005, although the resignation Sodano, Pope replacing the June 22, 2006 by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who formally took office on September 15 of that year. “Youth Ambassadors” of Bolivia known to the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice … Oruro, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Aldo …
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