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. Many observers saw him as a key player in the Vatican’s slow response to the clerical sexual abuse scandal.
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. Many observers saw him as a key player in the Vatican’s slow response to the clerical sexual abuse scandal.
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