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 ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The soft-spoken diplomat who could soon be Pope - Pietro Parolin has emerged on nearly every shortlist ...

The cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to choose the 267th pope. St Peter, regarded as the first pope, was elected ...

From there, Parolin, as the most senior cardinal bishop, led the procession to the Sistine Chapel. An appeal to the Christian ...

All 133 cardinal electors are now in the Sistine Chapel. It is within these walls that they will choose the successor to Pope ...

Parolin is seen as a quiet diplomat who is pragmatic more than conservative or progressive. He occasionally had to quietly ...

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

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

Explore the recent health scare of Cardinal Parolin, Vatican denials, and the implications for the Papacy in this insightful ...

The word conclave, meaning 'with a key', is topping Google's searches this week. The Catholic tradition of the conclave, ...

As many as 250 Catholic cardinals gathered in the Vatican ahead of the start of a conclave Wednesday afternoon to elect a new ...

A new pope could be named within a matter of hours, after 133 Catholic cardinals gathered inside the Vatican to elect the ...