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Sodano is, in effect, the Pope's Prime Minister and the only curial official with instant access to John Paul. But there are other Cardinals the Pope confers with regularly. Every Friday evening, the Pontiff meets with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 67, the austere German theologian whose title is prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (once known as the Holy Office). "Ratzinger is a theologian and John Paul is a philosopher, but they basically see eye to eye," says a veteran Vaticanologist. The two became friends at the Second Vatican Council, when both were young bishops...
John Paul now has his own men running all of the key Curial offices. Noting that Cardinal Gantin is the first non-Italian to run the Congregation for Bishops, a progressive Vatican watcher observed, "For the first time, bishops of the world will be chosen without the influence of Italian traditionalism." Perhaps so, but last week's administrative reform was hardly a triumph for liberals. Two prelate's picked for other leading posts were Archbishops Jean Jerome Hamer of Belgium and Augustin Mayer of West Germany. Both have reputations as theological conservatives who share the Pope...
...Brechien, MA 30 Brian Cooke FB 6-2 202 Jr. Thayar, MA 17 Patrick Ceyne SE 6-3 183 Jr. Pittsburgh, PA 72 Ken Crotty OT 6-4 245 Sr. Charlestown, MA 29 Tim Crude SE 6-2 190 Sr. San Francisco, CA 65 Edward Curial OT 6-2 200 Sr. Bresklyn, NY 23 John Dalley CB 5-11 175 Sr. Houston, TX 2 Tony DiCesare QB 5-11 180 Jr. Las Vagan, NY 14 Mike Dixon FS 6-1 190 Sr. Long Long Beach, CA 68 Brian Bowling OG 6-2 230 Sr. Oak Lawn, NL 76 Eric Eakin...
...dozen or so Cardinals, all of whom live in Rome, have overwhelming influence through multiple membership on such boards. Regular gatherings of the entire college will give added power to the 72% of Cardinals who now live outside Rome, and provide the Pope with leverage against the Curial establishment...
Precisely what John Paul will eventually do is still unknown, but in choosing the able and totally obedient Agostino Casaroli as his top aide, the Pope has signaled that power will be centralized in his office alone. He has a disconcerting tactic of popping into curial offices to look around, and of conferring with staff experts when their bosses are not present...