Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the leader of the 2025 papal conclave, which will elect the next pope after the passing of Pope ...

The cardinals, who broke for lunch and will reconvene this afternoon, are expected to continue casting ballots at the Vatican ...

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Pietro Parolin could be the first Italian to serve in the papacy since 1978. The 70-year-old is known as a diplomat and a ...

One such recent occasion was when the late Pope suggested last year that Israel's military campaign in Gaza might amount to ...

As the papal conclave begins, bettors around the world continue to wager most often on one cardinal to become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

The ongoing papal conclave has yet to elect a new pontiff after multiple ballots, with black smoke rising from the Sistine ...

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel indicates the cardinals have not yet chosen a new Pope. Stay updated on the conclave ...

With Pietro Parolin among the most likely candidates, the possibility of a Secretary of State ascending to the papal throne ...

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