According to initial reports, the terrorists stormed a Catholic church in northwestern DRC while they were participating in a prayer vigil.

The Vatican has expressed doubts about Israeli statements saying an attack on a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip was a ...

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 ...

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, who died ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, has reiterated that Ukraine has a “legitimate” right to defend itself from Russian aggression, but he also has ...

The Vatican announced that Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 58, an Italian and former deputy foreign minister at the Vatican, will take up the post held since 2006 by Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone ...

(RNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin is in South Sudan, which has been ravaged by a bloody civil war, bringing the pope’s message for peace. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ No. 2 official at ...

The controversial two-year deal between the Vatican and China over the appointment of Catholic bishops in the communist country will be renewed, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's chief ...

On the 17th day of the war in Ukraine, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, repeated Pope Francis’ call for “an immediate ceasefire” in Ukraine.

By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.RomeThe Vatican announced this evening that Monsignor Pietro Parolin, under-secretary for Relations with States, will represent the Holy See at tomorrow's Annapolis conference ...