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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone with Pope Francis
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, reacts as Pope Francis makes a comment during an audience with pilgrims from the Diocese of Bergamo, Italy, on June 3, 2013 in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Photo by Paul Haring, courtesy of Catholic News Service
Sally Morrow
May 21, 2014

(RNS1-may21) Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, reacts as Pope Francis makes a comment during an audience with pilgrims from the Diocese of Bergamo, Italy, on June 3, 2013 in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. For use with RNS-BERTONE-EMBEZZLE, transmitted on May 21, 2014, Photo by Paul Haring, courtesy of Catholic News Service.

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