tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post4058474311765087466..comments2023-05-21T07:08:28.555-05:00Comments on Vatican Watcher: Bertone: The Worthy Successor of Sodano?Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-34595388182283771702010-02-08T18:16:43.925-06:002010-02-08T18:16:43.925-06:00While I am aware of Benedict's honoring of Ber...While I am aware of Benedict's honoring of Bertone, when push comes to shove, I don't think the Pope will sit idly by while the great Ruini Project of remaking the Italian Church is attacked.<br /><br />As for Boffo, it seems as though he's just a battle in the overall war described between Ruini and his protege and Bertone and Vian of the OR.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-2916010899183063522010-02-08T12:48:58.422-06:002010-02-08T12:48:58.422-06:00Once more...Bertone (who turned 75 in December and...Once more...Bertone (who turned 75 in December and was specifically asked to stay on,as JP II had done with Sodano) is a particular favorite of Benedict XVI...his former Secretary at CDF,he has been appointed by the present Pope as Secretary of State (his quinquennium expires in September of next year),as Camerarius of the Holy Roman Church,and as a Cardinal-Bishop (empowering him to preside over a conclave held between Cardinal Re's 80th birthday in January 2014 and his own that December).Expect his replacement to be slow.<br /><br />So what issues divide Boffo from Bertone?<br /><br />Several key offices in the Secretariat (Sostituto,Assessor,Secretary for Relations With States) have already changed in this pontificate.Louis E.noreply@blogger.com