What is Angelo Sodano?
[[File:Angelo Cardinal Sodano.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Angelo Sodano in March 2016]] '''Angelo Raffaele Sodano''' (23 November 1927 &ndash; 27 May 2022) was an Italian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He was [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] from 2005 to 2019. He was born in [[Isola d'Asti]], [[Piedmont]]. He was [[Cardinal Secretary of State]] from 1991 to 2006, under both popes [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] and [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]]. On 27 April 2005, he was elected to succeed Benedict XVI as Dean of the [[College of Cardinals]] by his fellow [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal Bishops]]. Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve as Dean and Secretary of State at the same time. On 22 June 2006, Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State on 15 September 2006. He was replaced by [[Tarcisio Bertone]], then [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa|Archbishop of Genoa]]. On 21 December 2019, the [[Legion of Christ]] discovered that Sodano was the one who led efforts to cover up the reports of abuse when he was [[Cardinal Secretary of State|serving as]] [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]].<ref name=apreports>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/e23d4e965a0b84cad18bef11d9b5d825 | title=Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=28 April 2021 }}</ref><ref name=irishreports>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/cardinal-92-who-sought-deal-to-bury-sex-abuse-documents-resigns-1.4122879 | title=Cardinal (92) who 'sought deal' to bury sex abuse documents resigns | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref> Sodano was accused of seeking a deal to bury documents detailing abuse. The same day, Pope Francis accepted Sodano's resignation as Dean of the College of Cardinals.<ref name=legionofchrist>{{cite web | url=https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/12/cardinal-tainted-by-abuse-scandals-steps-down-as-dean-pope-sets-term-limit/ | title=Car