Powerful Vatican prelate Cardinal Angelo Sodano dies aged 94

Powerful Vatican prelate Cardinal Angelo Sodano dies aged 94
Cardinal Angelo Sodano (AP)

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who was a long-serving secretary of state at the Vatican, has died aged 94.

Late in his career, the prelate’s legacy had been tarnished by his support for the paedophile founder of an influential religious order, the Legion of Christ.

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