New Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Bertone

From CWNews:

"Vatican, Jun. 22 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI has named Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone of Genoa to be the next Vatican Secretary of State, replacing Cardinal Angelo Sodano.

Cardinal Sodano, who has served an extraordinary 15 years in the powerful post, will formally step down on September 15, the Vatican announced on June 22. He will be approaching his 79th birthday-- well beyond the ordinary retirement age of 75-- when he leaves the Secretariat of State." [More]

A collection of links (from Ignatius Insight):

• CNS news story
• AP coverage
• UK Times

Pictures of Cardinal Bertone: One, Two, Three

My previous post on Bertone.