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 ...

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

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

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, once considered an unlikely candidate, has emerged as a front-runner for the papacy. His diplomatic ...

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

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

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

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

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

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

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

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