John L. Allen Jr.
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state, died May 27 at the age of 94. He is pictured waving in a March 7, 2013, photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Given the death late Friday of Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who was 94, what’s often described as the Vatican’s “old guard” has taken a significant blow. Sodano had been the Secretary of State to two popes and the former Dean of the College of Cardinals, and he remained massively influential in shaping the Vatican’s internal…
