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Pope renames Cardinal Sodano as secretary of state
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI made his first appointment to the Roman Curia by nominating Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano to remain as secretary of state. An April 21 Vatican statement said the pope also confirmed for the time being all heads of curial departments and the president of the office governing Vatican City State, U.S. Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka. Pope John Paul II first named Cardinal Sodano to his post at the Secretariat of State in 1991. Curial appointments generally last for five years, with the possibility of renewal. Regarding the other curial heads, the statement used the Latin term "donec aliter provideatur" -- meaning "until otherwise provided" -- signifying that the new pope might make changes once he has settled in.
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