sentences:  Pironio also attended the synod of 1974 as a relator and as a member of its general secretariat.Paul VI, on 24 May 1976, made him Cardinal Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano.As a cardinal he participated in the synod of 1977, and served as a cardinal elector in the papal conclaves of August and October 1978 that elected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II respectively.