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...since Benedict took over. Most notably, a leaked version of the Vatican's reaction to the July 7 terror attacks in London erroneously included the Pope using the highly charged phrase "anti-Christian" to describe the bombing. Several sources have traced the incorrect draft to Secretary of State Angelo Sodano's office. Navarro-Valls, who reportedly is at odds with Sodano, is still running the press office, but is less and less visible. Meanwhile, Benedict himself doesn't seem particularly preoccupied with playing to the mass media. Some Vatican officials have expressed growing frustration that there has not been...
...heard on the topic of Islam. Within hours of the carnage, the Italian newswire ANSA reported that he intended to call the attack "anti-Christian." It seemed a harsh and narrow attribution, and indeed his actual statement replaced the term with "barbaric." Yet Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Sodano subsequently muddied the waters by saying that "anti-Christian" had been intended to suggest that the attacks were inconsistent with Christian values rather than aimed at Christian targets. That in turn led to a careful clarification by Benedict that the bombings represented "not a clash of civilizations, but only a small...
...toward the chapel, Martini will be seen as the progressive kingmaker facing down a troika of powerful conservative Rome-based Cardinals: John Paul's doctrinal policy chief, JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER of Germany; the head of Italy's Bishops' Conference, CAMILLO CARDINAL RUINI; and Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano. The thinking is that their favored candidate would be DIONIGI CARDINAL TETTAMANZI, 71, the former Archbishop of Genoa, who has succeeded Martini in Milan. His philosophical approach is sufficiently unclear that neither the progressive Cardinals nor the doctrinaire are likely to oppose him. In Genoa he spoke out in favor...
...legitimate" to fight aids. The Vatican also seems to have been caught off guard by Spain's move to legalize gay marriage, which the church vehemently opposes. While the Pope recuperates, many of his duties fall to some of his most trusted advisers. Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano, 77, is the man with the most administrative muscle. A veteran diplomat, Sodano is like a papal Prime Minister, responsible for the governance of the Roman Curia, headquarters of the Vatican bureaucracy. Sodano is also charged with covering for the Pope during temporary absences, such as the last week's hospitalization...
...stifled, leaving Vatican observers with a nagging question: Who is really running the show at the Holy See? Rome's influential Cardinals no doubt are having their say. Conservative German stalwart Joseph Ratzinger who heads the office that oversees all moral and theological issues and Secretary of State Angelo Sodano whose role is traditionally that of a de facto Prime Minister are largely given free reign to run their respective dicasteries. Many insiders note that ultimately groundshifting decisions must get a Papal green light, which means John Paul's trusted personal secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz (pronounced Geevish), perhaps wields more...