Word: sodano
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...special fondness for the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. He rarely watches TV -- except for a brief glance at a soccer match -- or reads a newspaper other than Cracow's weekly Catholic paper; he relies instead on a daily summary of the news prepared by aides to Angelo Cardinal Sodano, 67, the Vatican's Secretary of State...
...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...
...ANGELO SODANO, 66, Italy...