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 ...

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

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

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

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

If the Catholic cardinals entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are looking for a steady administrator ...

Pietro Parolin is widely considered to be a frontrunner for the next papacy. The 70-year-old Italian has been the Vatican's secretary of state, a role referred to as the "deputy pope", since 2013 ...

Pietro Parolin, a cardinal and longtime Vatican diplomat, is among the top contenders to succeed Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88. The last Italian pope was John Paul I ...

Ever since Pope Francis died on April 21, Cardinal Pietro Parolin had been bettors' favorite as his successor. But, not surprisingly, what gamblers think and what 133 cardinals decide can be ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin surged dramatically in papal betting odds after white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon, with bettors banking on Pope Francis’ Vatican ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The soft-spoken diplomat in the running to be Pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's secretary ...