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Agostino Casaroli

Catholic cardinal and diplomat

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Agostino Casaroli (24 November 1914 – 9 June 1998) was an Italian Catholic priest and diplomat for the Holy See, who became Cardinal Secretary of State.

He was an important figure behind the Vatican's efforts to deal with the religious persecution of the Church in the nations of the Soviet bloc after the Second Vatican Council.

Biography

Casaroli was born in Castel San Giovanni in the province of Piacenza, Italy, to a family of humble roots.

Archbishop Agostino Casaroli is appointed Pro-Secretary of State and Pro-prefect of the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church.

Offers the services of Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, his Secre- tary of of State, or other high church officials to mediate in crisis situations.

When I met Cardinal Agostino Casaroli on February 14, 1997, the architect of the Vatican's Ostpolitik and its soft-spoken approach to.

Cardinal Agostino Casaroli Vatican Secretary of State from 1979 to 1990.

Today I come to you, the spiritual heirs of Martin Luther; I come as a pilgrim.

His father was a tailor in Piacenza. He was educated at the Collegio Alberoni in Piacenza; the Episcopal Seminary of Bedonia, Piacenza; the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome where he earned a doctorate in canon law; and at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.

Early career

He was ordained to the priestho