Cardinal Paolo Romeo turns 80, number of cardinal electors falls to 118
23/02/2018-
Cardinal Paolo Romeo turns 80 years old, meaning he will no longer be able to vote in a future conclave.
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The Italian cardinal boasts a long diplomatic career. In 1983, John Paul II appointed him as nuncio in Haiti. There, Romeo faced one of the most difficult situations in the country’s recent history, with the fall of François Duvalier’s regime and subsequent coups…