Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone appointed to Vatcian Secretary of State by Pope Benedict XVI

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:02:47 GMT

The process began on Friday with the replacement of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the long-serving Secretary of State (papal Prime Minister) by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa and formerly No 2 to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, as Pope Benedict was known then, at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.