Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

In 2016, Francis appointed Pizzaballa to fill the vacant seat of the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem — the representative of ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of ...

As the world waits for Pope Francis’ successor to be chosen, some say Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a legitimate ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

Born in 1965 in Northern Italy, Cardinal Pizzaballa has spent over three decades in the Holy Land, where he has become a respected figure in both religious and political circles. His fluency in ...

Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a skilled diplomat from humble origins, is the Catholic Church's highest-ranking ...

Vatican City is at a critical juncture. With the death of Pope Francis, the focus has turned to the question of succession. A ...

In the spring of 2023, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem addressed a conference about a dizzyingly complex subject – Christianity in the ancient Middle East, as well as the future of its many churches ...