Secretary For Relations With States
He served as the Secretary for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State, or foreign minister of the Holy See, from 2003 until his appointment as President in 2006. He speaks Italian, German, English and French.
In 2005 Archbishop Lajolo was awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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