STATEMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
H. EM. Cardinal ANGELO SODANO  

 
"Verso le origini - una genealogia episcopale" [Italian]

• Decree of the Secretary of State entrusting the exercise and custody of all deeds and documents of the Supreme Pontiff and the Holy See to the Vatican Publishing House
  
  

• Communiqué of the Secretary of State entrusting the exercise and custody of all copyright royalties from deeds, works and writings written prior to the Pontiff's election to the Chair of Peter to the Vatican Publishing House
   

• Greeting of Card. Angelo Sodano to the Holy Father Benedict XVI on the occasion of his farewell from the office of Secretary of State (September 15, 2006)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, for the 27th World Day of Tourism (September 8, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass for the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. James Patrick Green, Titular Archbishop of Altinum, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa, Namibia and Lesotho and Apostolic Delegate in Botswana (September 6, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass for the Episcopal Ordination of Father Gianfranco Agostino Gardin O.F.M. Conv., Titular Archbishop of Cissa (Padua, 26 August 2006)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, on the occasion of the 27th Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples held in Rimini (August 21, 2006)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the 57th National Liturgical Week in the Italian town of Varese (August 7, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on occasion of the Funeral Mass of Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo (August 5, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass for the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. Leopoldo Girelli, nominated Titular Archbishop of Capri and Apostolic Nuncio in Indonesia (Bergamo, June 17, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass for the Episcopal ordination of Mons. Nikolaus Messmer, Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan, and of Mons. Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary of Karaganda (Kazakhstan) (June 2, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Eucharistic Concelebration on the opening of the Eucharistic Congress in the city of Lecce (May 6, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Eucharistic Concelebration  of Thanksgiving on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the «Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza» (May 5, 2006)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on behalf of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the participants of the European meeting organized in Vienna, on the theme: "Giving a soul to Europe" (May 3, 2006)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on occasion of the 82nd Catholic University Day (April 30, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Eucharistic Concelebration for the participants on the pilgrimage promoted by the Jesuits (April 22, 2006)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, during the meeting of the Holy Father Benedict XVI with the members of the College of Cardinals (March 23, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on occasion of the Funeral Mass of Archbishop Romeo Panciroli (March 18, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass for the Episcopal ordination of Mons. Nicola Girasoli, Apostolic Nuncio in Zambia and Malawi (March 11, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on occasion of the Funeral Mass of Archbishop Donato Squicciarini (March 7,  2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano in the Basilica of «Santa Maria Nova in Roma», on occasion of the feast of Saint Francesca Romana (March 5, 2006)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on occasion of the first Meeting of the Ecclesial Movements and New Communities in Latin America (February 24, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass for the members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard on the occasion of the celebrations for the 5th centenary of foundation (January 22, 2006)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the solemn Eucharistic Concelebration in honour of Saint Ponziano, first martyr and Patron of Spoleto (January 14, 2006)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, on behalf of the Holy Father, to the president of the Brazilian Bishop's Conference on occasion of the celebration of the Fraternity Campaign 2006 (January 11, 2006)
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• Address by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, on behalf of the Holy Father, to the participants of the 28th European Meeting for the Youth of the Taizé Community (December 28 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the first centenary of the birth of Cardinal Antonio Samorè (December 6, 2005)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado, on the occasion of the fifth Centenary of the Foundation of the University of Urbino (December 3, 2005)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano in the name of the Holy Father to the Apostolic Nuncio in India, Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, for the victims of the violent explosions and train derailment in New Delhi and Andhra Pradesh (October 30, 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the Mass on the occasion of the Canonization of blessed Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga (October 24, 2005)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (October 17, 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, to the President of Europe's Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly (September 29, 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, to the Archbishop of Lucca (September 28, 2005)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the participants in the Summit of Heads of State and Government at the United Nations (New York, 16 September 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, on the occasion of the 26th Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples held in Rimini (August 21, 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, on behalf of the Holy Father, to the Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of "Nossa Senhora Aparecida" as Patronness of Brazil (August 1, 2005)
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• Letter written by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, to Archbishop Jean-Claude Perisset, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania, for the floods that have recently devastated the nation (July 19, 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the Pope's name, for the 26th World Day of Tourism (July 16, 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during the solemn Eucharistic Concelebration for taking of possession of the title of the Suburbicarian Church of Ostia (July 10, 2005)
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• Letter of condolence by Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the Egyptian Ambassador to the Holy See, expressing his condolences for the assassination of H.E. Mr Ihab el Sherif, Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq (July 8, 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on behalf of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, on the occasion of the "Make Poverty History rally" in Edinburgh (July 2, 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the Episcopal Ordination of Monsignor Giambattista Diquattro, appointed by Pope John Paul II as Titular Archbishop of Giromonte and Apostolic Nuncio in Panamá (June 4, 2005)
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• Decree of the Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano entrusting the exercise and custody of all deeds and documents of the Supreme Pontiff and the Holy See to the Vatican Publishing House (May 31, 2005)
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• Communiqué of the Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano entrusting the exercise and custody of all copyright royalties from deeds, works and writings written prior to the Pontiff's election to the Chair of Peter to the Vatican Publishing House (May 31, 2005)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Vatican Secretariat of State (May 21, 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the Eucharistic Concelebration for the Episcopal Ordination of Monsignor Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Bishop of Nara and Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan (May 14, 2005)
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• Greetings of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to Pope Benedict XVI, on behalf of the College of Cardinals (April 22, 2005)
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• Greetings of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the opening of the International Convention on Gaudium et spes (March 16, 2005)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the President of the Council of Administration of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel (February 18, 2005)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the inauguration of the "A Woman dressed in the sun. Iconography of the Immaculate Conception" exhibition (February 12, 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano during a mass offered for the victims of the tsunami in South-East Asia (January 24, 2005)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the presence of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul at the Vatican (December 11, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Nation of Ireland and the Holy See (November 13, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 1650th anniversary of the birth of St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (November 12, 2004)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the opening session of the First World Congress of Ecclesial Organizations Working for Justice and Peace (Rome, 27 October 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the International Priests' Convention in Malta (October 22, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the Episcopal Ordination of H.E. Msgr Andrés Carrascosa Coso, Apostolic Nuncio in the Republic of Congo and Gabon (October 7, 2004)
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• Telegram of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the National Congress of the Secular Apostolate in Madrid (September 29, 2004)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano after the conferral of the honorary doctorate at St John's University in New York (September 21, 2004)
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• Intervention by Cardinal Angelo Sodano at the conference held at the United Nations' Headquarters in New York to study the "Initiative against Hunger and Poverty" (New York, 20 September 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the concluding celebrations of the millennium of the birth of Bishop St Guido, Patron of the Diocese of Acqui (Italy) (September 5, 2004)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the 55th National Liturgical Week of Italy (S. Giovanni Rotondo, 23-27 August 2004)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (July 22, 2004)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to H.E. Msgr. Giuseppe Guerrini, Bishop of Saluzzo, on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of Blessed Giovanni Juvenal Ancina (June 17, 2004)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 34th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (June 7, 2004)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Allies on the Normandy beaches (June 6, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the Episcopal ordination of Mons. Mario Giordana, appointed as Titular Archbishop of Minori and Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti (May 29, 2004)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the Meeting of Central European Catholics ("Mitteleuropäischer Katholikentag") (Shrine of Mariazell, 21 May 2004)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the Union of Superiors General of Germany (May 18, 2004)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the Bishop of Regensburg on the occasion of the Congress on "The Joy of Faith" (May 6, 2004)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano at the inauguration of the "Studium Generale Marcianum" in Venice (April 24, 2004)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop of Milan and President of the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute for Higher Studies on the occasion of the 80th "Day for the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart" (April 19, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences (Basilica of St Lawrence in Damaso, 16 April 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the victims of the terrorist bombings in Madrid (Basilica of St Mary Major, 26 March 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the Episcopal ordination of Mons. Paul Richard Gallagher, Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi (March 13, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the Episcopal ordination of Mons. Renato BocCardinalo (January 24, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the commemoration of the fifth centenary of the birth of Pope St Pius V (January 18, 2004)
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• Memorial Mass for Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney, Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, assassinated in Minago: Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano (January 8, 2004)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea and the Holy See (December 11, 2003)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano at the celebrations for the fifth centenary of the election of Pope Julius II (Savona, 30 November 2003)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the Bishop of Eichstätt (November 25, 2003)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano at the Funeral Mass of Msgr. Giuseppe Nebiolo (November 21, 2003)
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• Eucharistic Concelebration presided over by Cardinal Sodano for the commemoration of the Servant of God, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val (November 6, 2003)
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• Message to Cardinal Angelo Sodano to the Bishop of Regensburg (October 31, 2003)
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• Intervention by Cardinal Angelo Sodano at the Symposium promoted by the College of Cardinals on the 25th anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II (October 18, 2003)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the commemoration of the 7th Centenary of the death of Boniface VIII (Cathedral of Anagni, 12 October 2003)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the Episcopal Ordination of Archbishop Eliseo Antonio Ariotti, Apostolic Nuncio in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (October 5, 2003)
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• Homily of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the national feast of Chile (September 18, 2003)
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• Letter of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the celebration of the Italian National Liturgy Week (August 29, 2003)
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• Holy Father's message, signed by the Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, to Bishop Mariano De Nicolò of Rimini, Italy, for the 24th Meeting for Friendship among Peoples (August 24, 2003)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the 145th anniversary of the institution of the Diocese of Basel (August 12, 2003)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary 2003 in Austria (July 10, 2003)
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• Address of Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the 5th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Agostino Casaroli (June 26, 2003)
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• Message of Cardinal Angelo Sodano for the 1st centenary of the Church of "St. Ottilien" in Berlin (June 25, 2003)
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