Could the Roman Catholic Church return to its long tradition of Italian popes? For the first time since the death of John ...

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

As the papal conclave concluded, bettors around the world to wagered most often on one cardinal to become the next leader of ...

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

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

President Trump joked about becoming pope, but could he actually lead the Catholic church? Here's what it takes to become the ...

Pope Leo XIV—the American Robert Francis Prevost—was a close ally of Pope Francis. The two share many of the same views on ...

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

There had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, but Prevost, a Chicago native, was seemingly eligible also because he's a ...

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

White smoke came billowing out of the Sistine Chapel Thursday, signifying the papal conclave decided on a new pope. This week ...