Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State for the last 12 years and its top diplomat, has emerged on nearly every shortlist as an obvious papal contender.Parolin - a 70-year-old from a ...

He served as the Vatican's Secretary of State during Francis's papacy, having already replaced him at some events during his illness.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin reportedly suffered a small health scare this week during a general congregation meeting with his fellow papal electors. Outlets in Italy and abroad ...

One such recent occasion was when the late Pope suggested last year that Israel's military campaign in Gaza might amount to genocide. Parolin agreed to meet with the then-Israeli ambassador to the ...

Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, ...

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a ...

At U.N. headquarters in New York, the Vatican secretary of state said Pope Leo XIV "has expressed his deep commitment to ...

Sports betting can take a back seat this month because people are weighing the odds on who will become the next pope.

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive non-Italian pontiffs, to give the papacy back to the nation that held it for most of ...

With betting on the next pope frowned upon in the home of the Vatican, thousands of Italians have instead taken to playing "Fantapapa", an online game inspired by the fantasy leagues familiar to ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State ... Parolin - a 70-year-old from a small town in Italy's deeply Catholic northern Veneto region - is said to be a steady administrator ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin reportedly suffered a small health scare this week during a general congregation meeting with his fellow papal electors. Outlets in Italy and ...