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Pietro Prodolin in 2016 (Photo: Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine)
The Italian edition of La Stampa on April 21, on the day of the Pope Francis, a list of 14 cardinals that can hold the throne of St. Peter. The most likely, according to journalists, is the Italian Pietro Crolitin, who since 2013 is the Secretary of State of the Vatican, essentially the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the city-state. NV introduces the biography of this figure who has been to Ukraine more than once.
Pope Francis’s protege, steamer, in the case of election, will obviously become the heir to his policy, which he himself outlined as “healthy realism”.
As a kid played in the priest
Pietro Prolin was born on January 17, 1955 in the commune Skyavon, in the Italian region Venice. Senior of three children in the family.
The mother worked as a teacher in elementary school, his father traded agricultural machinery. In 1965 there was an accident. When the steamin elder sat in the car, the other car crashed into it, and it was near the driver’s door. The man was killed on the spot.
It was a shock for the little Pietro, his sister Maria Rosa mentioned. Recovering from loss, he often visited a local temple where he served on the altar.
“When Pietro decided to join the seminary, none of us surprised it. As a child, he pretended to be a priest, dressed in black, and pretended to serve Mass with the participation of us with his brother, cousins and friends. When processions or religious performances were arranged in the parish, Pietro was always in the first benches, ”Maria Rosa said.
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After the seminary in Vichenka, where he studied Catholic theology and philosophy, he obtained a bachelor of theology. On April 27, 1980, at the Cathedral, the Vichenians received the sacrament of priesthood. Together with Pietro, the seminary graduated from 40 guys, but only he took a vow, remembered his sister – it testified that he had already chose a life lesson at a young age.
From 1980 to 1982, the steamer was an assistant to the Parish Parish Parish in Skio. And, in fact, his activity as a priest came to an end. Vatican curators, who were closely monitored by a smart young man from the north, recommended him training at the Papal Church Academy, which has been preparing diplomats for the Holy See since 1701.
“Priest with a suitcase”
The most experienced cardinals, such as acilla Sylvesrini, Agostino Casaroli and Tarchizio Bertone, took the steamer under their care. A modest and read young man almost never said “No ”, testified by those who were familiar with him in the 1980s. His first appointments as Nuncio Nigeria and Mexico have fallen, countries where Catholic pastoralism faces safety risks. It was with the participation of steamline in 1992 that diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Mexico were established.
These were the years of John Paul II, the Pope-Mandiner, when the Catholic Church claimed the role of global power, going beyond the ancient area. The Vatican State Secretariat has now taken care of all corners of the world. The steamer, who was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Second Secretariat, a specialist in interstate relations in 2002, was absolutely suitable.
He loves to quote Pope Francis, who described the Vatican diplomats as “priests with suitcases in his hands.” Parlin is just that.
In 20 years he traveled over 100 countries including North Korea (!) And China. In Beijing, in 2005, he participated in the secret negotiations that formed the basis for the recognition of the Vatican of Catholic bishops, which were appointed by the local authorities. Since 1951, there is no diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican, and the number of Catholics in the Middle Kingdom reaches 12 million. Therefore, some communities were subordinated to the Vatican, and some were actually guided by the Chinese Communist Party. Recognition of Chinese priests steamer and Pope Francis was considered a diplomatic success, but instead human rights activists have severely criticized them for it.
From 2009 to 2013, the steamer was a Nunzuela nun. There, Chavez, the High Sugar, was constantly at odds with the local prelate, demanding from the Vatican to replace him, and suspected the Catholic Church in support of the opposition. In a wonderful way, he has a trusting relationship with a steamer. Moreover, having become ill with cancer, Chavez participated in worship, and before his death confessed and adopted communion from the Catholic priest.
Cardinal of the New World
In ancient times, the role of the Vatican Secretary of State was quite insignificant. This person, as a rule, was a relative of the pontiff, had to do his correspondence exclusively. From the end of the seventeenth century, this is a serious diplomatic position. And since 1968, the Secretary of State – officially the second person in Kuria. Only the Cardinal can perform the work of the Vatican Foreign Minister.
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In 2013, the steamin was not cardinal, but was a titular Archbishop. The call of the new pontiff Francis, who just replaced Benedict XVI, became unexpected for the diplomat. The Pope asked Monsignor Pietro to take the place of the state secretary, which was just liberated by Cardinal Bertone.
It was not a proposal that they refuse. On October 15, 2013, the steamin occupied a new office and was appointed by a President Cardinal on February 22, 2014.
“We have a great advantage over other churches and other religions: we can count on international institutional presence with diplomacy, ”Prolin said after her appointment.
It was he who prepared the visits of Francis to the Middle East, the strange meeting of the Pope with Kadebshi Patriarch Cyril in Havan, became a co-author of the agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations with Vietnam, performed delicate assignments of the Holy See, such as talking with Taliban in 2021.
In 2017, Prodlin released the program of activity of his secretariat, which he named “Magellan’s view: Diplomacy of bridges in the world of walls. ” He compared the diplomacy of the Holy Throne with the travels of Fernando Magellan, a navigator of the sixteenth century, who was the first to travel around the world. “Magellan’s view is based on a bold approach to an unknown, three -factors generated by three factors: anxiety, modesty of incompleteness and courage of imagination,” – so the steamin interpreted the need for constant travels of Francis and finding the Vatican contacts with people, often far from religion.
“In general, Cardinal Passoline protects successful globalization. This is something to be aware. Vatican diplomacy does not seem to fulfill its proper mission, but is reduced to the existing world order and the struggle for peace, nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and migrants, etc. ” – noted in the critical material of the FSSPX site. Its author directly combined the doctrine of steamer with the actions of the US Secretary of State in the 1970s, Henry Kissinger, who also argued that for the sake of the current interests of his country, it was possible to meet and negotiate with anyone, though with Mao Zedong, though with Leonid Brezhnev.
However, the paradise positions in the Roman Curia have always been strong and only shaken once. In 2020, a scandal erupted with the acquisition of real estate in London for money from the church fund. And not just a fund, but a treasure trove, to which donations received and where the Pope could take money for alms on the days of church holidays.
Financial monitoring was interested in equipment that was in an investment in the documents. According to the investigators, fraud and waste was correct. According to audit data, losses were £ 89 million (More than 100 million euros).
In 2021, the first case for 10 people was transferred to court. The main suspect, Deputy Secretary of State Giovanni Angelo Bechchu resigned. But the court also did not escape. In December 2023, Bechchiu was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for participation in criminal conspiracy, abuse of power, providing false information, corruption, laundering and promulgation of secret documents. He became the first Cardinal in the history of the Roman Church, which was sent to the buzzarine. Friendship with steamer and Francis did not save.
However, the Secretary of State himself retained his post.
Protin and Ukraine
State Secretary twice, in 2016 and 2024 visited Ukraine with official five -day visits. He was the first of the Vatican’s official figures “Morally justified »the supply of weapons for the Armed Forces after the start of full -scale aggression, he made such a statement in May 2022.
In the spring of 2024, steamerine had to explain Francis’ unobtrusive statements about “The courage of the ejection of the White Banner »in order to stop the Russian-Ukrainian war. Secretary of State assured that his supervisor “misunderstood ”and he was in mind the search for both parties to the prerequisites for peace. “The Holy Father explains that negotiations are not a manifestation of weakness, but strength. This is not surrender, but courage. And he tells us that we must pay more on human lives, on hundreds of thousands of life that were sacrificed during this war in the heart of Europe, ”Cardinal justified …
The conqulove, where they will be elected on the 267th Pope, will take place in early May. Prockin, an obvious favorite of the election, can be the first Italian since 1978 to head the Catholic Church. So far, three former state secretaries have become: Alexander VII (1655-1667), Clement IX (1667–1669) and Pius XII (1939–1958).