The former Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals died after 60 years in Vatican service By Catholic News Service/ITV staff Grzegorz Galazka photo Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican Secretary of State and former Dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome May 27 at the age of 94. According [...]
" Cardinal Zen has affirmed several times that no Accord [with the Chinese government] would have been better than a 'brutal Accord.' The last three Pontiffs did not share such a position and have supported and accompanied the crafting of the Accord which, at the present, appeared to be the only one possible." —Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (above left), 86, in a highly [...]
December 8, 2016, Thursday -- The Silent Pope "This apostolic exhortation contains a number of statements that can be understood in a sense that is contrary to Catholic faith and morals... We request that the Cardinals and Patriarchs petition the Holy Father to condemn the errors... in a definitive and final manner." —Letter to Cardinal Angelo [...]
Angelo Sodano's book "Chiesa e riforme, una chiesa de amare". The Vatican Press has just published, in Italian, a small but quite interesting book by Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the topic of Church reforms in general and Curial reforms in particular. Given the emphasis on Church and Curial reform in this first year and [...]
March 12, 2013, Tuesday -- Sodano's Homily This morning, in the presence of the entire College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, 85, the Dean of the College (he will not enter into the Conclave to vote, because he is past the age of 80), delivered the homily "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" ("For the Electing of the [...]
