He has Rome in his blood: a great-great-great uncle was the Vatican secretary of state in the 1920's.

At the time, he was often rumored to be the Pope's likely choice for Vatican Secretary of State.

He was soon followed by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state.

No less than Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state, celebrated the Mass.

In February 1930, Cardinal Pacelli became the Vatican Secretary of State.

It is "an enthusiastic prayer to Pluto, king of the demons"- not the kind of composition one would normally expect from a pious Vatican secretary.

The former assistant to the Vatican secretary of state, Reverend Jean-Marie Benjamin, is said to have received rights to sell .

The Vatican also said Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state and next to the pope in power, would take part.

In 1988 the Pope sent the Vatican Secretary of State to Moscow for talks with Mikhail Gorbachev.

The documents portray the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in a particularly negative light.