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Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran has apparently left diplomacy behind in his past life. The cardinal is now the head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, and as such, Pope Benedict's point man for relations with all non-Christian religions except for Judaism.
From 1975 to 2003, Tauran was often a tight-lipped Vatican diplomat. He did his job so well he ended his previous life as Secretary for Relations with States, effectively the
Vatican's foreign minister and number three position in the Secretariat of State.
When he left that job, the Frenchman was briefly Archivist of Holy Roman Church and kept a mostly low profile.