Portuguese cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo has died at the age of 78, it’s been confirmed.<br /><br />He died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, said the Portuguese Catholic Church in a statement.<br /><br />The retired archbishop of Lisbon led the Catholic Church in Portugal from 1998 to 2013.<br /><br />He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001.<br /><br />Portugal prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho paid tribute saying he was a man of “tolerance and faith”.
