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 ...

Parolin is considered the walking, talking embodiment of the Vatican establishment. As leader of the Secretariat of State, he was the de facto No. 2 under Pope Francis .

ANALYSIS: A Chinese delegation is expected to visit the Vatican this month for talks on the future of the bilateral agreement ...

Marking Britain and Ireland’s “Day for Life”, Pope Leo XIV called on everyone in society to “defend rather than undermine a ...

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Javier Milei and reportedly agreed to visit Argentina. Leo's predecessor Francis was an Argentine who often clashed with Milei and never visited his home country during his ...

Air India confirms that flight AI171, from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after take-off. The ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the pontiff plans to "if necessary, provide the Vatican, the Holy See, as a direct meeting (place) between the two sides". Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed his "heartfelt condolences" Thursday to those who have lost loved ones in an air crash in India and ...

Pope Leo voiced solidarity with Christians in the Middle East following the suicide bombing of a Greek Orthodox Church on ...

Cardinal Parolin: Pope Leo wants peace between Russia and Ukraine, not a role in negotiations. ... one accepted and agreed upon by both sides,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Vatican News May 27.